Effra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Effra Wrote: > > Agreed it does not control when an > > > individual country commences its roll out of > an > > > approved drug, but that is beside the point. > > > > I thought THAT was the point? > > You missed the point i.e. no EU state can start > to roll it out UNTIL AFTER the EMA has approved > it. > > A classic case of centralised bureaucratic control > emasculating individual member states. Strange that this is how the EMA describes itself on its website: "The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is a decentralised agency of the European Union (EU) responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision and safety monitoring of medicines in the EU." Given that the MHRA approved the vaccine under European law, there is nothing to stop other EU countries from approving it either regardless of EMA approval. Emergency legislation allows for it. So, perhaps you'd like to reconsider your UPPER CASE POINT point?