I mean, it’s not that they don’t understand this, it’s that they understand their electorate wants the vaccine first, and if they can’t get a vaccine while the

I mean, it’s not that they don’t understand this, it’s that they understand their electorate wants the vaccine first, and if they can’t get a vaccine while the news tells them their politicians sent vaccine supply to Vietnam they’ll vote you out of office. So you end up with half hearted things like this that seem designed to generate the least controversy: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/18/covid-vaccine-update-biden-to-pledge-billions-toward-global-efforts.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/18/covid-vaccine-update-biden-t... Basically handing money out to NGO’s so they generate headlines as helping and not the US government for the time being. > The administration stressed that the globally-focused funds will have no impact on the U.S. domestic vaccination program.