[levosmetalo]

AZ ban game in EU has more to do with the internal politics than with the medical argumentation.

For many of the corrupt governments it's easier to say "we don't vaccinate because AZ is not safe" that the cold truth "we don't vaccinate because we were not able to order enough vaccines on time."

The reason why we don't have enough vaccines in the EU is:

- Can't get Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech because "America first"

- Can't get enough AZ because UK was faster with ordering

- Can't get Sputnik, Sinovac because US doesn't want that their vassals buy from their enemies

[psychiatrist24]

I think it is complete bullshit to blame everything on the US. The EU government screwed up. Biontech was even developed in Europe, how exactly can the US prevent its use here?

[that_guy_iain]

> - Can't get enough AZ because UK was faster with ordering

The EU contract was signed the day before the UK one, no?

[detritus]

From a very brief Google, it looks like there was a near three month difference:

UK, May 2020: https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/astrazeneca-...

EU, August 2020: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_20_...

(Thanks for making me check - I've read that there was a few-month delay from some newspapers, but never bothered to verify)

[nickpp]

Maybe, but it didn't contain a priority clause, which the UK one did.

[tomjen3]

They are looking into Sputnik, but because it is Russia we need to test it for our selves.

The same would be the case with Sinovac, with the added proviso that I would want to know if it had been developed using human tests on their concentration camp inmates.