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The fact that the company is also in Boston is also reported in the German article. That's besides the point though. The real story in this is that reportedly t

The fact that the company is also in Boston is also reported in the German article. That's besides the point though. The real story in this is that reportedly the US Government was/is looking to secure _exclusive_ access.

bhk 7y ago
Where is the evidence that the US would have exclusive access? Had there ever been a US produced drug that the government refused to allow being sold to other countries?
- mlyle 7y ago
  Even if we get a vaccine, production rates for vaccines are going to be insufficient. Let's say we get a working vaccine and have initial production of 50k doses per week, ramping up. How do you allocate those around the world? 50k per week is enough to get healthcare workers and start firebreaks in the US, but not much of an impact worldwide.
  - bhk 7y ago
    And similarly you would say Germany (or the EU, depending on what you consider the home "country") will now have "exclusive" access?
    - mlyle 7y ago
      I think no matter how you allocate limited vaccine doses there are going to be a lot of people and nations upset. And I'm guessing the country where it is developed has a disproportionate degree of control of these decisions.
grandmczeb 7y ago
Is there any source for exclusive access besides the “unnamed official” in the original article?
- ohlookabird 7y ago
  Yes, the German government confirmed the statements in the original article.
  - grandmczeb 7y ago
    The "confirmation" in the article: > “The German government is very interested in ensuring that vaccines and active substances against the new coronavirus are also developed in Germany and Europe,” a Health Ministry spokeswoman said That doesn’t sound like they’re confirming exclusive access. In fact, the quote sounds like they’re explicitly going out of their way to not say that.
  - InTheArena 7y ago
    No, the article that confirmed only confirmed that some sort of talk has been going on - not any of the specifics.

bhk 7y ago

Where is the evidence that the US would have exclusive access? Had there ever been a US produced drug that the government refused to allow being sold to other countries?

mlyle 7y ago
Even if we get a vaccine, production rates for vaccines are going to be insufficient. Let's say we get a working vaccine and have initial production of 50k doses per week, ramping up. How do you allocate those around the world? 50k per week is enough to get healthcare workers and start firebreaks in the US, but not much of an impact worldwide.
- bhk 7y ago
  And similarly you would say Germany (or the EU, depending on what you consider the home "country") will now have "exclusive" access?
  - mlyle 7y ago
    I think no matter how you allocate limited vaccine doses there are going to be a lot of people and nations upset. And I'm guessing the country where it is developed has a disproportionate degree of control of these decisions.

grandmczeb 7y ago

Is there any source for exclusive access besides the “unnamed official” in the original article?

ohlookabird 7y ago
Yes, the German government confirmed the statements in the original article.
- grandmczeb 7y ago
  The "confirmation" in the article: > “The German government is very interested in ensuring that vaccines and active substances against the new coronavirus are also developed in Germany and Europe,” a Health Ministry spokeswoman said That doesn’t sound like they’re confirming exclusive access. In fact, the quote sounds like they’re explicitly going out of their way to not say that.
- InTheArena 7y ago
  No, the article that confirmed only confirmed that some sort of talk has been going on - not any of the specifics.