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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Agreed.

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The vaccination programme was led by a Remainer, Kate Bingham who has basically saved Boris's arse after the multiple farces of releasing infected patients into care homes, delayed lockdowns and farcical PPE procurement. The vaccine programme would have had happened in or out of the EU as Kate Bingham has made clear.

If there's a Brexit connection to Coronavirus it's to the Indian variant of the virus. Its rapid spread in the UK occurred as Boris was keen to woo India with a trade deal. So he didn't put India into the red list until 19th April effective from 23rd April despite knowing about it on 1st April.

I don't call this variant a Brexit bonus.

You're twisting the argument to suit your narrative.

I wasn't referring to the Indian variant in terms of what you call the "Brexit bonus".

Furthermore, the Brexit orientation of Kate Bingham (or for that matter Matt Hancock) is neither here nor there. By not being in the EU we were not controlled by Brussels who have ensured that there is uniformity across the EU over the vaccine delivery rate.

As regards the Indian variant, sure - Boris took the wrong decision as you've described. But looking at the national and regional data, the hospital pressure and death rate does not match the positive case count.

This being a Brexit thread, it seems obvious to most other than the diehard Remainers that the vaccine rollout here has been much better than in the EU.