[ad_1]
“Not useful for people over 65 … Mutations spread by expanding the interval between vaccinations in England”
“Brexit is a mistake … in many ways, the situation becomes difficult,” he noted
British ‘Uncommon Sense, False’ Reaction … ‘Post Brexit’ Reaction Escalates Vaccine Conflict
French President Emmanuel Macron raised a question mark about the efficacy of a new vaccine against coronavirus infection (Corona 19) from British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which sparked a nervous war between the European Union and the United Kingdom.
According to AFP, President Macron said in an interview with various media in Britain, the United States, Europe and the Middle East at the Elysee Palace, the French president’s office on the 29th (local time), that the AstraZeneca vaccine is less effective. in people over 65 years of age.
“I think it is not valid for people over 65,” he said. “In relation to AstraZeneca, the initial result that we got is that we do not recommend it to people 60 to 65 years old.”
The comments came a few hours before the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended conditional marketing approval for the AstraZeneca vaccine.
France is reported to announce the approval of its own health authorities early next week.
President Macron continued his frank comments on Britain’s vaccination policy.
Previously, the UK extended the interval between the first and second doses to a maximum of 12 weeks, citing the need to spread the vaccine quickly.
President Macron said: “Scientists explain that mutant viruses can spread because a vaccine is less immune and the virus adapts,” he said. “I was vaccinated only with the first vaccine,” insisted “Lie”.
The British side protested immediately.
British political and scientific circles have blamed President Macron’s remarks “unusual” and “false”, the British Daily Telegraph reported today.
As a result, the nervous war on vaccination between the EU and the UK seemed to subside for a time and then reignited.
Earlier, the EU put out a pressure card that said “it will block the export of European-produced vaccines to the UK” as AstraZeneca’s supply cuts were combined with a lack of vaccines in member countries.
In addition to the UK, AstraZeneca has vaccine production facilities in Belgium and other countries, and it was accepted as a kind of pretext to prevent the product from leaving the EU.
Then, after being criticized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “vaccine nationalism”, the same post was withdrawn on the 29th, and Ireland’s vaccine exports to the UK normalized.
Meanwhile, President Macron said in an interview that day, various problems are being exposed due to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, the so-called Brexit, and that Britain should choose whether to continue to be an alliance between the United States and the EU. .
President Macron asked: “What political position will the UK choose?” Noting that it cannot become a “new Singapore” that differs from common regulations and at the same time remains the best alliance between the US and the EU.
He noted that the British government, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has to decide who is an ally and that “there is no concept of half friends.”
“I want to have a good and peaceful relationship (with England).
“Our destiny and intellectual focus, researchers and workers in the industry are linked,” he said. “I think continental and individual countries with sovereignty are possible, and I don’t think a new nationalism is good.”
“We have a common ambition and destiny,” he continued. “We remain allies, and the history and geography do not change.
“I don’t think the British have a different fate than ours.”
“I love your country (UK) very much,” Macron said. “(But) I’ve already said it, but I think Brexit is a mistake.”
“As much as I respect the sovereignty of the British people and the results of the referendum (2016), Brexit should have been done,” he said. “There were too many lies at the time of the vote.
Now we see that things get very difficult in many ways (after Brexit). “
/ yunhap news
