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> Only in America! I'm not disparaging what the US has done during the pandemic (I have issues with a couple of your other examples, but that's not for this th
by kcartlidge 5y ago
> Only in America!
I'm not disparaging what the US has done during the pandemic (I have issues with a couple of your other examples, but that's not for this thread). I do however take exception to the final sentence.
Astra Zeneca (UK/Sweden) has shipped over a billion doses, is massively (hugely) cheaper, and has production in 15 countries. And the reason for the cost (as little as a tenth of some others) is simple - not profiteering.
So likewise, not "only in the UK" either, but both our nations need to move on from our exceptionalism and the assumption (in general) that the rest of the world does less.
- 908B64B197 5y agoA big chunk of the funding for Astra Zeneca came from the United States [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed#Companies_receiving_research_funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed#Companies...
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y agoWeren't many of the vaccines that America donated actually AstraZenica? IIRC the US bought 100m and they never got FDA approval, so we just gave them away. There's a difference between "making" or "shipping" a vaccine and "donating."