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It isn’t a case of we’re all in the same butcher shop on a first come first served basis. The UK and EU have their own butchers. The UK have paid their butcher, are leaving with their items and the EU is claiming them because their butcher didn’t quite have enough.
There is a lesson in this. Manufacturing capacity is important. Countries have a choice on how they respond going forward. Having more flexible vaccine/drug manufacturing capacity so they can supply themselves is a good idea.
#vaccinenationalism disappears once we all have the ability to make vaccines. The more we rely on sharing between countries with their own interest, the harder it is to get the vaccine to everyone.
https://twitter.com/sandyddouglas/status/1355838692561211393 first doses of our vaccine arriving soon in South Africa. Thread on this amazing achievement, pricing and supply
