> IIRC they said AstraZeneca vaccine is not very effective. I don't know if this is what the OP was referring to, as this is not the EU themselves: - French p

> IIRC they said AstraZeneca vaccine is not very effective. I don't know if this is what the OP was referring to, as this is not the EU themselves: - French president Emmanuel Macron claimed that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was "quasi-ineffective" for over-65s, hours before it was approved by regulators for use on all adults in the EU. - The German newspaper Handelsblatt that suggested the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was 8% effective among over 65s, which was a misunderstanding and the German health ministry challenged it. I suspect both of the above had an impact on public perception, especially in France, but neither were actually the EU saying it. One was silly and the other a mistake. Ursula von der Leyen did, however, suggest the UK had compromised safety by approving the AZ so early (even though the MHRA who approved it are generally reckoned to be one of the best medical regulators in the world).