The EU Is All Out of Vaccine Excuses
While the Brits are opening back up, the French are locking down. It’s time for a whatever-it-takes plan.
While the Brits are opening back up, the French are locking down. It’s time for a whatever-it-takes plan.
www.bloomberg.com
The European Union has had a dire Covid-19 vaccination campaign so far, and there’s been plenty of buck-passing as a result. Slow regulatory approvals, contractual spats with drugmakers and doubts over vaccine efficacy have all been blamed.
But the bloc is running out of excuses, and its leaders know it. The big issues look fixable, but the pace remains slow. It’s time to step up and get needles in arms, and, importantly, learn from countries that are getting it right. These include EU members like Denmark, and also outsiders like the U.K. — however awkward that may be given ongoing post-Brexit tensions.
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Spending shouldn’t matter, because, as Jacob Kirkegaard of the Peterson Institute for International Economics puts it, “the vaccine pays for itself.
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Uiteindelijk was het ook follow the money.
Andere landen hebben er veel meer geld tegenaan gegooid.
Uiteindelijk de prijs van zoveel weken economische verlamming overtreft vele malen de prijs van een vaccin per burger, of het nu 10 euro was, of 20 euro, of 30 euro.
Totaal gebrek aan real politics nu.