Re: Seriously?
"The "only" restriction would have stopped us from buying the vaccines (that were supplied) as early as we did, so we would have been many months behind the current vaccination levels, with the consequent extended lockdowns, loss of life and damage to health."
Most of the UK vaccine contracts and investment was in place BEFORE any EU contracts, hence not in breach of any members rules which may or may not have applied to the UK at the time. That's the primary reason why the UK was getting deliveries before much of the EU. Early, firm contracts and investment in production facilities expansion. Many of the EU vaccine contracts where speculative, ie if you produce a working vaccine then we'll most likely buy it. The UK, in many cases, paid on spec, in advance so the phrama companies already had the cash.
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