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>There is something strange going on in Scandinavia because UK has reported nothing special with two orders of magnitude more people vaccinated. I don't want t
by Leparamour 6y ago
>There is something strange going on in Scandinavia because UK has reported nothing special with two orders of magnitude more people vaccinated.
I don't want to start conspiracy theories but I wouldn't be surprised if it came to light that, in the UK, reports about deaths and side-effects have been suppressed. In the wake of a disastrous Brexit, the UK is in desperate need of a success story and with the Astrazeneca/Oxford vaccine seen as the British contender, it might have become a question of national pride to have it succeed. British newspapers (well, tabloids) present the UK vaccination rate as a vindictive competition with the EU.
- nicoburns 6y agoAs a UK citizen, I would be very surprised. The government might want to do that, but I can't see the medical professionals standing for it.
- ChrisKnott 6y agoThe UK, like most countries, is very transparent with reporting side effects and has a robust system for capturing the data.
- ArgyleSound 6y agoPlease don’t start moronic conspiracy theories
- ginko 6y agoIt's about as moronic as the people calling individual EU countries' cautious response to the blood clotting cases a political face saving measure by Brussels.
- kcartlidge 6y ago> I wouldn't be surprised if it came to light that, in the UK, reports about deaths and side-effects have been suppressed If we (I'm British) were accomplished enough to reputation-manage for the vaccine response, I'd have expected the initial (huge) death toll to have been under-reported too - which it clearly hasn't.