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Isn't the Occam's razor answer here just down to logistics? 1. Theyre just publishing phase 3 results now, so they were slower than the mRNA shots 2. The Chin
by xxpor 6y ago
Isn't the Occam's razor answer here just down to logistics?
1. Theyre just publishing phase 3 results now, so they were slower than the mRNA shots
2. The Chinese and Russians will probably use their supply for themselves first (understandably), and so by the time they would have any to give us, we'll be almost done anyway.
Just seems like there's mostly no point.
Moderna and Pfizer are both American companies, and AstraZeneca is swedish/british with R&D in the US. These companies also have experience dealing with the FDA and EMA, which can't be underrated.
- eunos 6y agoFor point 2, seems Russian, Chinese and Indian are the most active player in vaccines export right now.
- xxpor 6y agoI've heard about Indian vaccines (and generic drugs), but not much about Russian or Chinese ones. But it's not exactly something I follow closely.
- xxpor 6y agoI mean in general, just to clarify. I've obviously heard of their covid vaccines.
- bobthepanda 6y agoRussia and China are no stranger to playing politics with their exports (see: Gazprom and the various China-Japan scuffles over rare earths) so if I was a Western policymaker I would not make any sort of vaccination strategy dependent on that.