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Thrugelmir said:cricidmuslibale said:Thrugelmir said:NottinghamKnight said:Thrugelmir said:NottinghamKnight said:csgohan4 said:IanManc said:csgohan4 said:
All this red tape, over regulation/ incompetence e.t.c is hampering the war efforts. While they sit there doing nothing, people are dying in the very hospitals they are born in
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-india-idUKKBN27S0JB
The oxford vaccine is needed to be imported overseas:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/supply-of-covid-vaccine-doses-held-up-by-manufacturing-delays-1.4430676
https://www.ft.com/content/d97c72c5-ed23-4c2b-bf1c-9cc10b21f007
Resources? The government is doing no way near enough. In fact they are now cancelling the second dose of vaccines in order to vaccinate more with the first dose, meaning not enough supply which is concerning. The pfizer vaccine is not licensed for a 3 month gap for the second dose
Of course these are my opinions, but can you say the government is doing it's best? Remember the PPE fiasco? the wasted money on not fit for use PPE from Turkey for example? Do you need a link for that too?
I'll give it to you too as you need links don't you:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/all-400000-gowns-flown-from-turkey-for-nhs-fail-uk-standards
There's a lot that this government has failed on, certainly early on, and the lack of testing capacity is certainly a big issue when compared with countries like South Korea of Germany,1 -
Thrugelmir said:soulsaver said:Thrugelmir said:soulsaver said:What is the rationale behind the not-for-profit?
And AZ isn't a charity.
Tesco has offered both refrigerated transport and warehousing to assist the roll out. As has spare capacity currently.
Nothing like good PR for companies in these ESG investment times.0 -
soulsaver said:Thrugelmir said:soulsaver said:Thrugelmir said:soulsaver said:What is the rationale behind the not-for-profit?
And AZ isn't a charity.
Tesco has offered both refrigerated transport and warehousing to assist the roll out. As has spare capacity currently.
Nothing like good PR for companies in these ESG investment times.0 -
Thrugelmir said:Unilever is going mainstream ESG. With policies extending as far as suppliers. The winners longer term will be those that adapt to the changing world.
Biopharma is far more complex .. often battling with real ethical issues on availability & price .. whereas Unilever makes ice cream and soap powder ... you don’t save many lives with ice cream .. you do with ground breaking oncology drugs though
AZ are caught in a political storm as a result of their principled stance - I am not sure this is communications.
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