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Have you even read the article? The doses were expired.
by axlee 4y ago
Have you even read the article? The doses were expired.
- Moto7451 4y agoI’m extrapolating from the limited information in the GP’s exasperation, but the usual thread of thought for people angry about doses going to waste is that there are countries that lack supply, distribution, or suffer other forms of vaccine inequity, that these doses could have been gifted to prior to expiration. North Korea is a regional example.
- KptMarchewa 4y agoNorth Korea repeatedly declined any (free) vaccine offers.
- Frummy 4y agoAs is rational, I hate to say it, but western countries being the enemy in their eyes would make any gift seem like a potential trojan horse, I can see why they would avoid any such risk.
- markus92 4y agoThey also rejected the Chinese and Russian vaccines. China and Russia are pretty much as much of an ally as North Korea is gonna get.
- KptMarchewa 4y agoAny "trojan horse" is a propaganda one. Kim knows exactly how they work, but the act of improving lifes of North Koreans via "western" act would undermine their own propaganda. They will gladly starve their people if they can blame USA for that.
- Frummy 4y agoI agree. They pursue maximum preservation of power, local optimization at the detriment of their people.
- Moto7451 4y agoYup. None the less, I do not think the reality of the situation helps people who feel upset by the way vaccines ended up being shared (or not). If we have another pandemic in the near future, I expect most of the same behaviors.
- rsynnott 4y agoAs mentioned in the article (that which it is apparently vital never to read on the Orange Website), they did give away 44m doses; they failed to find takers for the remainder. This is fairly common; there's significant supply of mRNA vaccines (including donations of surplus) now.
- eli 4y agoExpiration dates on medicine are largely fictional.