Tag: AstraZeneca

• Bloody Clots

  

  Probability is a funny only thing. We can become as despondent about our vanishing chances of winning the lottery as we might become paranoid about being afflicted by a rare illness, and both at about the same percentages. Current odds of a fatal blood clot after being spritzed with the AZ vaccine are approximately 1…

  Max Frances

  Apr 8, 2021

  Health, Mental Health, Social Media, Society

  AstraZeneca, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fake News, Health, Logic, Media, Oxford Vaccine, Psychology, Social Media, Twitter, Vaccine

• Dropped Boule

  

  For those who are writing off the current EU vaccines debacle as a one-off, think again. What happened with the short-lived invocation of Article 16 was simply a more blunderingly spectacular demonstration of the bullying, self-serving, tosh that spawned a solid, broad generation of Brexiters out of 2016’s floating-voter middle ground. Five years on, and…

  Max Frances

  Jan 30, 2021

  Health, Politics, Society

  Article 16, AstraZeneca, Borders, Brexit, EU, EU27, Europe, Ireland, Nationalism, Oxford Vaccine, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Vaccine, Vaccine Nationalism, Withdrawal Agreement

• Jab Well Done

  

  Interesting that when the UK approved the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, EU honchos scoffed that the approval process had been rushed. Well, they’re not scoffing now, are they? In fact, as of this morning (28 January 2021), they had still not formally approved it. On the commercial front, the UK signed its contract three months before the…

  Max Frances

  Jan 28, 2021

  Business, Health, Politics, Society

  AstraZeneca, Boris, Brexit, Brussels, Business, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EU, Government, Mutant Strain, Oxford Vaccine, UK, Vaccine