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From what I understand, the EU has done poorly in the both in the negotiations and actually provisioning vaccines and it's not strictly an issue with leadership

by blfr 6y ago

From what I understand, the EU has done poorly in the both in the negotiations and actually provisioning vaccines and it's not strictly an issue with leadership in any particular country. Beyond delegating their responsibility of course.

hef19898 6y ago
To be fair, the EU ordered around four doses per resident (incl. minors) already in January. With deliveries through, if I remember well, June to July to vaccinate everyone. And the EU explicitly called out the distribution and vaccination efforts in the member states to be the biggest challenge. And due to the nature of the EU, these were the sole responsibility of the member states. The EU did screw up in terms of communication and coordination. The former let to public and media pressure to order more, which negatively impacted short term availability, and the latter let to delays of the vaccination campaigns. The only way the EU could have improved that, so, would have been to serve as a clearing house coordinating exact delivery dates for members based on actual vaccination plans. without those plans, there is nothing the EU could have done. And at least Germany, the biggest member state, doesn't have a true plan. As shown when our government implemented a vaccination summit in Feb of 2021.
JPLeRouzic 6y ago
> and it's not strictly an issue with leadership in any particular country. The title says "France says" and it reports about a comment from France’s Industry Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher. The original article seems to be this one: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/8h30-fauvelle-dely/vaccin-astrazeneca-contrats-avec-l-union-europeenne-campagne-de-vaccination-le-8h30franceinfo-d-agnes-pannier-runacher_4316399.html https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https:/...

by blfr 6y ago

hef19898 6y ago

To be fair, the EU ordered around four doses per resident (incl. minors) already in January. With deliveries through, if I remember well, June to July to vaccinate everyone. And the EU explicitly called out the distribution and vaccination efforts in the member states to be the biggest challenge. And due to the nature of the EU, these were the sole responsibility of the member states. The EU did screw up in terms of communication and coordination. The former let to public and media pressure to order more, which negatively impacted short term availability, and the latter let to delays of the vaccination campaigns. The only way the EU could have improved that, so, would have been to serve as a clearing house coordinating exact delivery dates for members based on actual vaccination plans. without those plans, there is nothing the EU could have done. And at least Germany, the biggest member state, doesn't have a true plan. As shown when our government implemented a vaccination summit in Feb of 2021.

JPLeRouzic 6y ago

> and it's not strictly an issue with leadership in any particular country. The title says "France says" and it reports about a comment from France’s Industry Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher. The original article seems to be this one: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/8h30-fauvelle-dely/vaccin-astrazeneca-contrats-avec-l-union-europeenne-campagne-de-vaccination-le-8h30franceinfo-d-agnes-pannier-runacher_4316399.html https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https:/...