There's an article in the Telegraph (can you tell I forked out the £1 on their intro deal) about how we came to make the decision to part ways with the EU in vaccine procurement back in July.
Speaking to The Telegraph on condition of anonymity, multiple Whitehall sources said the decision taken by then-business secretary Alok Sharma in early July had freed this country to lead the world in rolling out the lifesaving jabs.
“At the time, a lot of people said it was madness. They said it was putting Brexit over lives,” one senior official said.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/01/19/britain-got-front-foot-vaccines-thanks-brexit-inspired-no-deal/
"Speaking to The Telegraph on condition of anonymity, multiple Whitehall sources said the decision taken by then-business secretary Alok Sharma in early July had freed this country to lead the world in rolling out the lifesaving jabs.
“At the time, a lot of people said it was madness. They said it was putting Brexit over lives,” one senior official said.
“But whether you agree or disagree with the decision to leave the EU, if we were still a member state we wouldn’t be this far ahead.”
I think this is the good news corrective when vaccine numbers fluctuate and it meets a wave of, "well of course we're fucking it up" on the coronavirus board generally.