UK stocks up on vaccines, hopes to start virus shots in days

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Britain says it has secured 2 million more doses of a promising coronavirus vaccine as the country aims to launch an inoculation program within days.

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine lab technician processes blood samples from volunteers taking part in testing the NIH funded Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Miami, USA. Britain said Sunday Nov. 29, 2020, it has secured 2 million more doses of a promising coronavirus vaccine developed by US firm Moderna, as the country aims to launch an inoculation program within days.

The Moderna vaccine is expected to be referred soon to the U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, to see if it is safe and effective. Two other— one developed by Pfizer and German firm BioNTech, the other by Oxford University and AstraZeneca — are already being assessed by the regulator, the final stage before being rolled out.

Peter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London, said he “wouldn’t be too surprised if an announcement would be made within the next two weeks, possibly even as early as next week.” Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Johnson said the roll-out of a vaccine could be “just days away.” But he said there would not be a quick end to the onerous restrictions on business and everyday life that have been imposed to curb the spread of the virus.

Pfizer and BioNTech say their vaccine is 95% effective, according to preliminary data. It must be stored at ultra-cold temperatures of around minus 70 degrees Celsius . The Moderna vaccine, which also needs to be stored at freezer temperatures, was also about 95% effective in clinical trials, the company said.

 

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That's good because half of the US will refuse them because they don't want be injected with 5g towers or tracking devices, and will keep spreading it. I know half of the US is stupid

The UK is one greedy dog country! It is hording Covid-19 vaccines like it is f**king Iraqi oil. It never lears from its historic mistakes.

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So the vaccines were fully released. Those companies told Canada it would be weeks before they could cm get any too use. What makes the U.K that special.

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