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by KorematsuFred
1889 days ago
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Yes. This is an important point to note. USA is sitting on 30M pile of AstraZeneca vaccine which is not even approved in USA. They could have simply sold it to India. USA is also stockpiling, glass, containers and other raw material which USA is not technically short of. On top of this German Chancellor yesterday said that "we allowed India to become a pharma powerhouse but now we have to rethink". This is because India is producing cheaper vaccine. |
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They are worried the surge in India will delay shipments to the EU. The EU wants cheaper vaccines! That's why they took so long to negotiate the contracts. They thought a vaccine wouldn't be produced in record time and because of that they felt they had a lot of time to negotiate.
> “We now have a situation with India where, in connection with the emergency situation of the pandemic, we are worried whether the pharmaceutical products will still come to us.” [0]
[0] https://www.opindia.com/2021/04/angela-merkel-laments-they-a...