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I'm for the EU and of course hope the vaccine problems are solved ASAP, but i'm troubled by the way this has become a political, lawyeristic issue. On the one hand UK media is deseperate to somehow prove brexit worked, on the other hand EU is , once again, trying to solve problems magically by legal means. Are we forgetting we are in an urgent pandemic that threatens the world economy with collapse? This requires a warlike level of mobilization of engineers, not lawyers.

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You sound like the "UK media" is one thing. The Guardian, FT, etc are staunchly pro EU and have been endlessly pointing out the problems.

It isnot, at least not yet, a legal issue. As you said, it is an engineering (manufacturing) and supply / logistics (distribution) issue. None of which are even remotely discussed, not politially, not in the media, no where. So I suspect we won't see any changes on these two fronts. At least no coordinated ones, the manufacturers will have quite motivated engineers working on manufactring ramp ups, I asume.

As you said, it is an engineering (manufacturing) and supply / logistics (distribution) issue. None of which are even remotely discussed, not politially, not in the media, no where.

The Guardian, a few days ago:

"Analysis: technical problem at Belgium plant failed to produce enough vaccine but EU demanding fulfilment of contract"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/26/why-has-astraz...

I agree with your sentiment. Also, why not let other manufacturers produce vacciness aswell? Getting the vacinnes produced rapidly and in enough numbers seem to be the number one priority in this.

Sanofi will be producing the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine, but it takes a lot of time to set up a new production line. Last estimate I saw was saying July.

apparently this is going to happen with Sanofi producing Pfizer vaccine after they closed their own trials without a successful candidate.

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