Politicians who criticize AstraZeneca vaccine ‘probably killed hundreds of thousands’, says Oxford scientist

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Scientists and politicians who expressed critical views of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine “probably killed hundreds of thousands of people”, an Oxford professor has said.

Professor Sir John Bell said critical comments from leaders, including French president Emmanuel Macron, had “damaged the reputation of the jab” around the world, resulting in less people accessing the life-saving vaccine.

Speaking to the BBC, Prof Bell said: “I think bad behavior from scientists and politicians has probably killed hundreds of thousands of people – and that they cannot be proud of.”

Macron had previously claimed that the vaccine “doesn’t work as expected” and appeared to be “quasi-ineffective” in the over-65s.

Speaking just hours before the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the AstraZeneca jab for use in the bloc, Macron also criticized the UK’s decision to administer doses 12 weeks apart, falsely claiming it could “accelerate the vaccine mutations” of the virus.

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