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And what is your point? The only countries that had a large amount of doses in the first few months of 2021 were the countries producing the vaccine. There was
by jeromegv 5y ago
And what is your point? The only countries that had a large amount of doses in the first few months of 2021 were the countries producing the vaccine. There was no way that the US would produce for export before vaccinating their own population.
Canada had no local production. There was literally nothing they could do but wait. Its of course a problem not to have local production. But it’s not a lack of orders that was the issue, everything was ordered early in 2020, there was just no doses available.
- refurb 5y agoIsrael beat the US in vaccination rate. ”Israel cast a wide net last year when trying to secure vaccine doses at the height of the pandemic and pre-ordered from a number of companies.” By April of 2021 it was already giving excess doses away. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/with-enough-supplies-israel-looks-re-route-astrazeneca-vaccine-delivery-2021-04-21/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/with-enough-suppli...
- pastage 5y agoYes they acted faster with more political capital at stake AFAIK, in the end the important part is how free trade countries reacted to the pandemic. There is a lot to say about acting in a way that hinders pandemic compared to making nations feel safe.
- azernik 5y agoIsrael is a "free trade country". If you were a rich nation, it was eminently possibly to get early delivery dates written into your contracts. Canada decided not to for some reason (cost?) and in actual fact deeply regretted it.
- mthoms 5y agoSource? Most reports indicate that Canada spent more per person than almost everywhere.
- querulous 5y agocanada did, but their contracts assumed delivery from the us plants. when trump restricted export canada had to go back to pfizer and moderna and secure supply from the european plants