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That's why i say maybe i was wrong to say it was totally down to putting all eggs in one basket, and some is down to bad luck. It so happened that two of the three leading the vaccine race are the ones the UK has ordered the least of.There's lots of problems with this framing though.
I believe that moderna have announced all of their 2020 doses will be given to the USA only. The cold chain required for a vaccine needing storage at - 80 Celsius is immense and I doubt easily scalable on a national level immediately, even for countries like the USA, Germany, UK etc.
I doubt most countries will be vaccinating more than their very high risk cohorts and health care workers in the next couple of months, especially with vaccines like the Pfizer one, which will need huge infrastructure.
You also say that the UK hadn't ordered the moderna until a few days ago... Which is exactly what the EU had done too. There's nothing particularly unique about that..
When exactly are novovax and the others releasing their vaccines, especially considering they haven't even released their phase 3 data yet? (I mean technically no company has properly yet I believe)?
The EU's has used that approach all along. They have concluded negotiations but then waited until the last minute to confirm orders, and used their buying power to push up the list. The UK by contrast has been quick to sign deals early but all reports suggest they had decided to opt out of the Moderna vaccine.
Those other vaccine dates are estimates. Some of them are still in phase 1 or 2 and i believe Valneva is still pre-trial.