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[Pemalite]

Pyro as Bill said:

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/24/europe/eu-vaccine-export-controls-intl/index.html

The EU was late to negotaiating vaccines cos they hoped Germany/France would be successful making their own. They tried to steal vaccines headed for the UK to cover up their incompetence. Makes Trumps actions look mediocre in comparison. Imagine stealing another country's life saving medicine just cos you fucked up by not ordering in time.

The EU (and Russia and China) tried to overplay the side effects from AZ even though it was the most effective treatment at the time. The antivax hypocrisy is hilarious tbh. The EU were worried about not making money from the vaccine even though Oxford had already signed a deal to make AZ available at cost ($4) instead of charging a 10x like Pfizer.

Cheers for that.

Reading into, it seems AstraZenica was breaking contracts... And the "stockpile" was found in an inspection/audit.

AstraZenica also stated that those vaccines were earmarked for the EU anyway... So they were stealing/raiding from themselves?