Vaccine Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 2

More bizarre activity, with a report of a plan by a Britich government group, attempting to have the Union flag displayed on the packaging for the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/27/no-10-reportedly-wanted-union-flag-on-oxford-coronavirus-vaccine-kits). The wheeze was apparently intended to counter enthusiasms for Scottish independence but it's entirely the wrong type of message to attempt to send out. I expect that, at least a few of the people involved in producing and testing the vaccine, were not British nationals (science tends to be a multi-national collective activity). Nationalistic messages should have no place in medical developments (but we are seeing an increased tendency for this kind of thing).