Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:43am
Hi Grannyrose,
The population of Spain is around 47m, the UK around 67m. You will not "all" have had the vaccination by middle/end April, the UK government is forecasting July before all adults have been vaccinated. In fact, you must have completely missed the news in the last week that no-one in the UK general population under 50 years of age can book a vaccine, as there will be known shortages in April.
As for all the "unfair hype" around the AstraZeneca jab, EU countries are not the only ones concerned about the lack of AZ's data. The USA has not approved that vaccine either and is unlikely to do so before April.
As 'Science Insider' reported this week, the US has not approved the AstraZeneca vaccine for two main reasons:
"The first is that AstraZeneca's US trial is still ongoing. The trial was delayed for nearly seven weeks in the fall due to an adverse reaction in a UK participant.
"The second is that AstraZeneca's initial trial results in November puzzled many experts. The company combined data from its Brazil and UK groups, even though they had different sample sizes and demographics. It also averaged the results of two different dosing regimens, one of which was administered by mistake."
It doesn't help that the UK press has been constantly reporting this as some kind of EU punishment for the UK's Brexit.
I have no idea on what information you base your comment, "there’s very little of the virus in your area" - are you referring to Spain? Comunidad Valenciana? Torrevieja? Perhaps you could share your source with us?
Stay safe,
Kim