AstraZeneca

Does the AstraZeneca Vaccine Give 97% Protection Against the Indian Variant? This Science-by-Press-Release Tells Us Nothing

A new study from India claims that the AstraZeneca vaccine offers 97% protection against Covid infection. But it's just a press release, there's no control group, and the figures don't make sense.
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Boris Johnson walks away laughing with India’s Serum Institute in tow

Without doubt, Johnson has stolen a march over PM Modi just  when the Indian foreign policy establishment is daydreaming about the possible induction of the UK into the Quad to contain China. Clearly, Johnson’s priorities are different — transfuse lifeblood from the former colony, the jewel in the Crown, into his “Global Britain” project.   *** Three cheers for the[Read More...]

Going to Court: The EU Sues AstraZeneca

It has been a relationship of characterised by bitterness and misunderstanding.  It began with a poorly negotiated agreement – poor, that is, from the European Union perspective – between Brussels and AstraZeneca for the supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses.  Less rigorous in terms of penalties and consequences than the UK-AstraZeneca deal, the EU version was very much the poor cousin,[Read More...]

Most Of the AstraZeneca Vaccines Ordered By the Netherlands Will Go Unused

So many other Covid vaccines will be available in the Netherlands that most of the 11 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine ordered by the Dutch Government will go unused, according to a Dutch health official.
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