Being first to roll out vaccines is not enough, other European countries have managed to keep more people alive, and created safe environments—mitigations such as masks and clean air being the norm. Covid cases yesterday 13th October, 2021.
Which country do you think has sane clean air policies? To me it feels like one of the most annoying features of German policy making regarding COVID that clean air isn’t given much weight.
Moving to the actual point, there are policies where EU rules interfer and there are policies where EU rules don’t have much of an effect. The way drugs get licensed is one where EU rules matter a lot and thus it relates to the Brexit.
On the other hand I’m not seeing how Brexit has an effect on masks or clean air.
I was responding to an assertion that the UK had done well in dealing with COVID because of the speed of vaccination roll out. The head of the UK’s medicines regulator said that the authorisation for the COVID vaccine was actually permitted under EU law. I believe him.
It is the case that the UK has a very high rate of infection and deaths compared to other similar European countries. Calls for proven, effective mitigations (repeated by Independent Sage) eg mask-wearing, providing safe ventilation in schools and workplaces, and having a Test, Track and Trace system fit for purpose, have been ignored in the UK.
I do not know about Germany’s mitigations in any detail. I am aware of a much lower death and infection rate there (and in France, Italy and Spain) compared to the UK.
Well,not quite ignored...but there were a lot of problems. The first lockdown was too late , PPE wasn’t available, the track and trace system was too late and not good enough..and so on. Attempts were made.
Being first to roll out vaccines is not enough, other European countries have managed to keep more people alive, and created safe environments—mitigations such as masks and clean air being the norm. Covid cases yesterday 13th October, 2021.
France: 1,120 Spain: 1,277 Italy: 1,561 Germany: 4,872
UK: 40,224
Which country do you think has sane clean air policies? To me it feels like one of the most annoying features of German policy making regarding COVID that clean air isn’t given much weight.
Moving to the actual point, there are policies where EU rules interfer and there are policies where EU rules don’t have much of an effect. The way drugs get licensed is one where EU rules matter a lot and thus it relates to the Brexit.
On the other hand I’m not seeing how Brexit has an effect on masks or clean air.
I was responding to an assertion that the UK had done well in dealing with COVID because of the speed of vaccination roll out. The head of the UK’s medicines regulator said that the authorisation for the COVID vaccine was actually permitted under EU law. I believe him.
It is the case that the UK has a very high rate of infection and deaths compared to other similar European countries. Calls for proven, effective mitigations (repeated by Independent Sage) eg mask-wearing, providing safe ventilation in schools and workplaces, and having a Test, Track and Trace system fit for purpose, have been ignored in the UK.
I do not know about Germany’s mitigations in any detail. I am aware of a much lower death and infection rate there (and in France, Italy and Spain) compared to the UK.
I saw this in 2020:
Germany improves ventilation to chase away Covid—BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-europe-54599593
Well,not quite ignored...but there were a lot of problems. The first lockdown was too late , PPE wasn’t available, the track and trace system was too late and not good enough..and so on. Attempts were made.