Oz and the Orchestra
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Now US's top doctor Fauci says SORRY for accusing UK of 'rushing' Pfizer vaccine approval and says he has 'great confidence' in British regulators after they hit back at 'irresponsible' global criticism
PUBLISHED: 06:49, 4 December 2020 | UPDATED: 08:05, 4 December 2020
- Senior EU and US figures lashed out after the UK's regulator approved the Pfizer BioNTech jab this week
- They questioned the speed at which Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) acted
- Critics included the US Covid supremo Anthony Fauci, who warned it may put people off getting it
- Dr Fauci later apologised and said: 'I did not mean to imply any sloppiness on the part of the UK regulators'
- Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam suggesting they were jealous of the UK's speed of action
- Williamson also waded into the row, claiming that the UK was simply 'a much better country' than its rivals
PUBLISHED: 06:49, 4 December 2020 | UPDATED: 08:05, 4 December 2020
Nice to see a top professional doctor apologise when he got something wrong.
- Pitty top politicians can't bring themselves to do the same. Think they would gain more public trust if they did.