Matt Hancock’s vaccine mistake
Aside from being untrue, Matt Hancock’s comments about the coronavirus vaccine are very dangerous:
The UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the UK was able to speed up the process of approving the Pfizer vaccine because of Brexit. @BBCRealityCheck says that the UK was first ‘has got nothing directly to do with Brexit’. This video has more. https://t.co/lCsw6rITOz pic.twitter.com/dSsA3PaXUa
— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) December 2, 2020
If the vaccine becomes a matter of political party controversy, people will/won’t take it because of their party preferences. A successful vaccination drive requires broader cross-party and no-party support.
There’s more than enough other material to argue over Brexit. Making a success of vaccination shouldn’t be sacrificed for wanting to find one other talking point.
And of course, Stephen Bush makes a similar point far more eloquently than me in his daily email (sign up here).
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