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Peer pressure, the rapid dissemination of "best practices" and "races to the top" is supposed to be among the most important benefits of being a member of the EU - why then is it seemingly not working re. vaccine rollouts nearly 1.5months after start? 1/6 https://files.ssi.dk/covid19/vaccinationstilslutning/vaccinationstilslutning-06022021-k4r6
Consider the following stat from EU's 2nd best vaccine rollout member DK (MT far ahead at 8+% jabbed at least once, but no public data exists for how many vaccs MT have received to date). As of Feb 6th 277,650 doses received, but 326,109 jobs given. 2/6 https://files.ssi.dk/covid19/vaccinationstilslutning/vaccinationstilslutning-06022021-k4r6
That is a 117.5% utilization percentage due to the ability to extract more than the assumed number of doses from received vaccine vials. DK is 1.3% of the EU's total population, suggesting that a total of roughly 21.5mn doses has now been sent to MS 3/6 https://files.ssi.dk/covid19/vaccinationstilslutning/vaccinationstilslutning-06022021-k4r6
, assuming the @EU_Commission population weighted vacc distribution scheme has been followed. 17.5% of 21.5mn equals about 3.7mn extra vaccinations that could already have taken place inside the EU had "best practices" already been in place throughout from the start. 4/6
Scaled to the about 15.8mn doses already by Feb 6th injected across the EU, a 117.5% utilization equals an additional ~2.75mn jabs that could have been given to Europeans solely if the skill of extracting extra doses from vials had been immediately shared across the EU. 5/6
That is almost certainly more vaccines than the @EU_Commission's wild goose chase "vaccine export controls" has or will ever secure for Europeans. Perhaps it is time to shift vaccine priorities from protectionism to "spreading best rollout practices" @vonderleyen @eucopresident?
