Well technically, US was in favour of abolishing IP and Germany was opposed to it a few months back. But if you scratch under the surface a bit, the point they

Well technically, US was in favour of abolishing IP and Germany was opposed to it a few months back. But if you scratch under the surface a bit, the point they deviated on isn't really "should IP of a vaccine be a thing", but more "should Pfizer keep all the profit, or should BioNTech get some of it". Because even if, say, my country made a perfect copy of a Pfizer vaccine, EMA/FDA could still put it in an unfavourable position if you're interested in traveling to the EU/USA any time soon. EU did just that with AZ vaccines manufactured in India (not recognizing it while recognizing AZ vaccine not made in India).