The U.K. like to big up/get behind their own. Relevancy on the world stage in anything is big over there, AstraZeneca (AZ) makes the U.K. relevant. Remember the

The U.K. like to big up/get behind their own. Relevancy on the world stage in anything is big over there, AstraZeneca (AZ) makes the U.K. relevant. Remember there’s also Brexit & having a “winning” vaccine produced by a U.K. company & university is clearly a huge deal. In the EU AZ is under delivering doses at present[0], also they had that whole trial dosing mishap. In the US AZ wasn’t as fast at delivering a vaccine as Pfizer & Moderna & AZ isn’t a US company, but Moderna & Pfizer are. So not really a shock that they get most of the buzz in the US. Interestingly the US has ordered more AZ doses than any other vaccine & AZ is the most ordered/purchased vaccine worldwide[1]. It’s no surprise to me that countries are hyping up their own products and/or getting them approved first. As for the EU, they are certain to be sore given the lack of doses they’ve been able to acquire & their vaccination strategy in general. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25964197 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25964197 [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/contracts-purchasing-agreements.html https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-glo...