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If this article is accurate, it might encourage other nations to do the same thing that US is trying to do with Pfizer, setting off round of export restrictions and seizures of vaccine doses and vaccine inputs
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/15/world/covid-19-coronavirus#the-us-and-pfizer-are-negotiating-a-deal-for-more-vaccine-doses-next-year
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/15/world/covid-19-coronavirus#the-us-and-pfizer-are-negotiating-a-deal-for-more-vaccine-doses-next-year
Trump admin has asked Pfizer to sell it 100 M more doses, but Pfizer had already committed those doses elsewhere
Yet Pfizer now indicating that it can manufacture those doses if Trump admin *orders* Pfizer's suppliers to prioritize US purchase requests 2/ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/15/world/covid-19-coronavirus#the-us-and-pfizer-are-negotiating-a-deal-for-more-vaccine-doses-next-year
Yet Pfizer now indicating that it can manufacture those doses if Trump admin *orders* Pfizer's suppliers to prioritize US purchase requests 2/ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/15/world/covid-19-coronavirus#the-us-and-pfizer-are-negotiating-a-deal-for-more-vaccine-doses-next-year
If one nation starts blocking exports of critical vaccine components, it could will lead to the breakdown of supply chains for raw ingredients, syringes, and vials.
In July, @ChadBown and I explained how in @ForeignAffairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-07-27/vaccine-nationalism-pandemic
In July, @ChadBown and I explained how in @ForeignAffairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-07-27/vaccine-nationalism-pandemic
In first four months of the pandemic, we saw export restrictions & seizures of personal protective equipment, ventilators, or medicines
It could happen again with vaccines
The US forcing Pfizer's supplies to allow US to jump the queue could set it off https://twitter.com/TomBollyky/status/1287674819648135168?s=20
It could happen again with vaccines
The US forcing Pfizer's supplies to allow US to jump the queue could set it off https://twitter.com/TomBollyky/status/1287674819648135168?s=20
