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Exports of vaccines so far: US: 0 UK: 0 EU: 41.1 million doses The EU should never have allowed Biontech and other European vaccine companies to partner wit
by throwaway4good 6y ago
Exports of vaccines so far:
US: 0
UK: 0
EU: 41.1 million doses
The EU should never have allowed Biontech and other European vaccine companies to partner with US companies and thus fall under the American export bans.
Unfortunately the EU has acted in a naive manner and now have to mop up a mess.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoIt is said that Oxford University was initially approached by Merck (American) but that the government intervened and steered them towards AstraZeneca (British-Swedish). In the meantime Germany was happy to let BioNTech's breakthrough vaccine go to Pfizer (American)...
- throwaway4good 6y agoYep. We were stupid and naive. If it was up to me, we should approve the Russian and the Chinese vaccines just as a gesture to the yanks.
- dgellow 6y agoAs far as I understand, even if Biontech would partner with European companies instead of US ones, we (europeans) do not have the capacity to produce vaccines in mass quantity. The issue in Europe is more fundamental IMHO, we lack strong industries in too many critical domains.
- maxerickson 6y agoIt's the US facilities that are subject to the export rules, not just the US companies. Do you think a EU partner would have just skipped the US market?
- throwaway4good 6y agoAn EU partner would not have vaccinated americans first.
- maxerickson 6y agoThe AstraZeneca vaccine produced in the US is subject to the export ban, the home country of the manufacturer doesn't matter. So we are left with the question, would an EU partner ignore the US market? Of course not.
- throwaway4good 6y agoObviously an American partner has more facilities in the US.
- neilsense 6y agoAre you just going to ignore that the UK's vaccine program ensured the majority of the world could have vaccines by licensing it for Covax etc? Absolutely incredible.
- kcartlidge 6y agoExports of vaccines so far: UK: 0 EU: 0 Neither the UK nor the EU make vaccines. Why can't people grasp this? Each political entity has a contract with private companies. Neither political entity has any obligation to each other when it comes to providing doses as neither makes vaccines and so neither is in a position to export them. If the EU bans vaccine exports they are restraining private trade between AZ and the UK. If they don't block exports, well that's just normal business and imposes no obligations whatsoever on a third party such as the UK.