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Downvoter care to explain? As someone who is strongly pro-EU I have to say that this is their biggest failure so far, and I find it shocking that there seems t
by jaynetics 6y ago
Downvoter care to explain?
As someone who is strongly pro-EU I have to say that this is their biggest failure so far, and I find it shocking that there seems to be hardly any reaction as in self-criticism or restructuring.
It seems entirely plausible to me that this might tip the scales for countries that are already on the fence.
- phtrivier 6y agoI would say the self-criticism is happening: even the President of the Europeen Commission is not happy [1]. My favorite part is this: “We were late in granting authorisation. We were too optimistic about mass production. And maybe we also took for granted that the doses ordered would actually arrive on time” As of wether the "restructuring" is happening, too... we'll have to see [2]. I suspect in the EU vaccine rollout, in the end, will only be a couple months overall behind that of UK and USA. I'm not sure historians will notice. If "being late by a month" is such a terrible feat, than everyone should be ashamed of not being Israel or Bahrein, anyway;) Now, let's hope we don't get any bad surprise in the future. (I know, I know, more knowledgeable people are reassuring us, and I have to trust them, but my guts are still not ready to fully picture a "happy" ending anymore.) [1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00428-1/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-eu-vaccines-idUSL8N2KA6PK https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-eu-vaccin...
- kwhitefoot 6y agoIt's not relevant to this particular HN page.