[dogma1138]

Some American factories are export restricted, Pfizer has set up production in the US which is cleared for export as they didn’t took any government funding for those production lines.

Israel is getting most of their doses from US factories not EU ones.

[jacquesm]

And pays more than 10x as much per dose.

[dageshi]

And that really doesn't matter compared to the cost of locking down a country and the lives saved by quicker vaccination.

[jacquesm]

Agreed. But given the lack of production this was an easier deal to make for Israel than for say all of the EU, no matter what the price, those vaccines are not available in that quantity.

[dogma1138]

Chicken and the egg if the EU would’ve handed out 50 billion € a year ago to setup production and stockpiles it would’ve made a difference...

[dogma1138]

Israel is paying about $30 a dose about twice the Pfizer listed price in the US and EU not 10 times more.

It’s paying 10 times more when comparing to the AZ vaccine but that’s not apples to apples.

[jacquesm]

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/the-cost-of-vaccinating-is...

says $47 / dose

[dogma1138]

No, it says $47 per person that’s under $30 per dose.