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I won't bother with the general desperation of this. The key point is that the central premise, that we approved and rolled out the vaccine quicker because we'd left the EU, is utter cobblers. We could have done it at speed in the EU too. Have a link: fullfact.org/health/coronav

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Boris Johnson

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Jan 31

Time to turn the tables on the gloom-mongers, and exploit the benefits of Brexit. Remember that vaccine rollout! Happy Brexit Day!

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I think replying to him with a link with 'Full Fact' in it is like waving a crucifix wrapped in garlic.

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But what's really going here is BJ2: The Return. But yeah, *desperate* stuff: "Hi folks, remember how I saved you by cooking up the vaccine in my kitchen, after telling Vlad to bugger off? Smell that? That's the earthy aroma of pure BREXIT."

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The roll out was hugely supported by volunteers too…… unpaid workforce, stepping in for the greater good. Unpaid, in waged, ie, not raking in a massive profit at the expense of the many

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Indeed we were still complying with all EU rules and regulations at the start of the vaccine rollout because we'd not legally left the EU until the following January.

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As the well-known Roman philosopher Meghanus Trainorus (that I know a Latin expert like Johnson will have studied at school) once said: 'If your lips are moving, if your lips are moving If your lips are moving, then you're lyin', lyin', lyin', baby'

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...whilst losing 700 jobs, brilliant scientists and the whole European Medicines Agency, which moved from London to Amsterdam, the winners of #Brexit! #BrexitBrokeBritain

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The vaccine rollout was impressive - UK got going quicker than others - but they caught up and fewer people died than here - Johnson made monumental mistakes at the start and for the 2nd wave but wants credit for the vaccine rolled out by others

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Plus, EU funding was key to the ChAdOx technology behind the vaccine and the EU was the biggest funder of the Oxford Jenner Institute prior to the Brexit disaster.

researchprofessionalnews.com

Brexit funding gap for Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine institute - Research Professional News

Jenner Institute out of pocket with expected loss of its largest funder, the European Commission

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Johnson belongs on The Fast Show: "This decade I have been mostly talking bullsh*t." #GTTO #ToryLies #ToryCorruption

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As someone with 35 years experience of drug regulations I can confirm that these claims about Brexit helping quicker approval and roll out of the vaccine is a complete lie