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As a comparision BioNTech got $445M funding from Germany and in return Israel is getting priority.
by xiphias2 6y ago
As 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.