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The EU signed contract with AstraZeneca 1 day before the UK did, claims https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1372897637469458432 https://twitter.com/DaveKeati
by the_why_of_y 6y ago
The EU signed contract with AstraZeneca 1 day before the UK did, claims https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1372897637469458432 https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1372897637469458432
There's no export restriction, it's more subtle.
UK has funded Oxford vaccine development on condition that UK gets preference for doses produced in UK (if not elsewhere too).
This has exactly the same practical effect as an export ban, but it technically isn't an export ban, hence the recent grandstanding from UK politicians.
- xiphias2 6y agoAs a comparision BioNTech got $445M funding from Germany and in return Israel is getting priority.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoIsrael got priority by being 'just right' sized with an efficient healthcare system and being able to demonstrate the ability to organise a mass vaccination as quickly as possible. As such they acted as a very large scale test of what we can expect as the number of people vaccinated increases. I don't think this is particularly to the detriment of Germany. Wasn't Israel vaccinating people before Germany had approved any vaccination?
- throwaway19937 6y agoThe Israelis paid more[1] and placed orders earlier than the EU; it's not surprising their orders are higher priority. [1] (https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-to-be-paying-average-of-47-per-person-for-pfizer-moderna-vaccines/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-to-be-paying-avera...)
- xiphias2 6y agoIt wouldn’t matter if Germany asked for vaccine priority for providing $440M, just like what US and UK did. EU is extremely inefficient compared to how much money it’s spending for the pandemic.
- tick_tock_tick 6y agoI mean did they expect a lot with just that? The USA was willing to commit to billions if they delivered.