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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
There is also an extremely big, big, big fact that came out today. Last summer, Pfizer offered a 2nd batch of vaccines to the US Government, which DECLINED the offer. Then Europe bought them. So Pfizer may NOT have a 2nd batch available for the US until maybe (?) June. Pretty bad advanced planning by the US.
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The US already had enough vaccine to vaccinate the most vulnerable by the target date of the end of 2020. That was the goal. So it shared the excess with Europe just as it did with the extra ventilators the US produced.