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The dire state of UK manufacturing has left us dependent on other nations. We may soon find out why some call this a ‘national security risk’, writes Guardian columnist and senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty.
In many respects, the UK goes into this mass inoculation as well-prepared as possible. Standing ready to deliver the doses are not only NHS staff but, remarkably, a volunteer army of retired medics. The regulator moved speedily to approve both the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines. And Britain is blessed with world-class scientists, which is why we have a homegrown shot.
But if the UK’s future depends on a vaccine, where are its vaccine factories? It is a fundamental question, yet one that only scientists appear to be asking. And their answer is utterly damning.
A more contagious variant of Covid-19 that swept through the UK has been reported in at least five states in the US, National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins told the Washington Post.
“We have now seen that same UK virus in the US in at least five states and I would be surprised if that doesn’t grow pretty rapidly,” Collins said, adding that the strain doesn’t seem to be more severe.
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