Again, why shouldn't the EU have done the same with the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine, developed and funded in the EU? I'll give my answer: Because it would have bee

Again, why shouldn't the EU have done the same with the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine, developed and funded in the EU? I'll give my answer: Because it would have been a catastrophe for many countries that depend on these vaccines - especially those that are now doing quite well. Israel, Canada and so on. I personally find what the UK did ethically wrong. As it stands, there'll be no recourse for the EU that isn't as bad or arguably even worse. British people patting their own back about the ingenuity of mandating exclusive contracts for UK facilities - which factually is the same as export controls - is in my eyes quite detestable. The EU did everything wrong they could do wrong. But at the very least, they don't mandate an "EU first" clause.