This should make some people sleep badly. Assuming somewhat efficient allocation, a 30 day delay delivering 15 * 10^6 one-shot vaccines equals ~1100 deaths[0],

This should make some people sleep badly. Assuming somewhat efficient allocation, a 30 day delay delivering 15 * 10^6 one-shot vaccines equals ~1100 deaths[0], plus many long term health issues for survivors. Fingers crossed this f*ckup won't delay the lifting of the US vaccine export restrictions. Many people objectively need the vaccine much more urgently than the healthy young adults currently starting to be vaccinated in the US. [0] rough extrapolation based upon current covid-19 mortality rates in Belgium, available at https://epistat.wiv-isp.be/covid/covid-19.html https://epistat.wiv-isp.be/covid/covid-19.html