MikeUpNorth
Wobbles like a massive pair of tits
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Yeah, I can't help but think the EU have approached this problem in completely the wrong way. Through a combination of a botched procurement process and plain bad luck that the vaccine sites in the EU are underperforming, they have a massive shortage of vaccines. Instead of throwing their toys out of the pram and attacking the manufacturers, they could instead have opted to negotiate with other countries to purchase a share of their supply in the short term, in exchange for a chunky fee and other trade sweeteners.I don't know how easy it is to transfer production but it must make companies think twice about where to site their production facilities in future.
If the goal is to actually get more vaccine supply, I don't see how this heated public spat with Astrazeneca (and Pfizer) is going to help? They can't magic vaccine out of thin air. It makes me think this whole storm is more about managing PR and trying to avoid blame than it is about actually securing vaccine supply.