This is by far not the challenge covid19 poses to the world. It wasn't when it was China's local and regional problem, and it is not after it spread out of China and became a pandemic.

Objectively, at most Covid19 causes a slight increase in the global death rate, and this is only observed during the initial spread before herd immunity kicks in. Ww2 killed about 90 million people in 6 years, while covid is bound to have killed about 1.3 million in one year.

It should be substantially less difficult than winning WWII, which again - we were capable of scaling up industrially to accomplish.

> this is only observed during the initial spread before herd immunity kicks in

When will that be? NYC's new spike is demonstrating even their enormous outbreak didn't generate enough of it.

It's a global pandemic. Order them from anyone who can make them at scale. Coordinate with the WHO to avoid silly bidding wars.