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E. Grant Gibbons

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6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. The question is that, in his Statement, I think it is on page 8, the Mini ster comments about a space industry Bill that is currently before the United Kingdom Parliament. Has the Minister had a chance to review this Bill? And does it present any constraints or challenges with respect to our own space industry?
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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The Minister says no. Does he m ean no, he has not reviewed it? Or no, as far as he can tell, there are no constraints or issues that should arise that would affect our register?
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on page 7 of the Minister’s Statement, she refers to “areas for improvement, iden-tified by the experts, [which] will enable the inclusion of new vaccines to the Bermuda Child and Adult I mmunisation Schedules.” The first question is, What were the areas that were identified by experts, need ing change?
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
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Yes, supplementary. SUPPLEMENTARIES
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Would the Minister care to state whether the current methods of refrigeration present any problems for existing vaccines which need to be kept cold? In other words, have there been any deficiencies identified, or is this simply an incremental i mprovement?
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Is the Honourable Member referring to the refrigeration unit under the pharmacies’ warehouse? Or are we talking about som ething else?
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New question.
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A new question, Mr. Speaker.
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Sorry . I was interrupted by my colleague. I was not sure whether she had a supplementary or not.
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So, the second question I have is, Could the Honourable Member speak to which new vaccines she is referring to in the Stat ement?
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Would the Honourable Member be aware that the shingles vaccine—and, as we all know, shingles affects a lot of people, partic ularly elderly ones —is not currently availabl e due to refrigeration?
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I am not sure if the Honourable Member is aware, but the shingles vaccine needs to be kept frozen and thawed just before it is injected. And my understanding was that this was an issue. You can walk into a pharmacy in New York, and you can get a shingles vaccine. But I understand the issue really was being able …
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, is shingles on the Honourable Member’s list?
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Supplementary.
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Okay, new question then, Mr. Speaker. Sorry.
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Sorry. I will negotiate. [Laughter]
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Yes. My last question. Can the Honourable Member say wheth er any shingles vaccine has actually been used in Bermuda?