Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Those of us lucky enough to live in countries where 70 of the adult population have been double vaccinated against covid might be tempted to think we can relax our guard. But the Pandemic Isnt over and the global Vaccine Roll out still faces enormous challenges. My guest is Professor Sir Andrew pollard, a key figure in the development of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. Science has offered us tools to beat the virus. Are we making the most of them . Professor sir andrew pollard, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, there. It is pretty much seven months since that historic day when the uk began the Roll Out of the vaccine you were intimately involved with developing. That is the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. In those seven months, has the impact of that vaccine been what you expected . Well, there has over that seven months been the most enormous impact. I mean, theres now A Billion doses of the Oxford Vaccine which are out the door. And those vaccines are al
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