Re:Canada's 'gamble' on delaying, mixing and matching Covid-...
by refurb on Sunday October 10, 2021 @05:08AM
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Exactly. Israel was willing to play the game. Other countries like Canada decided to wait for more info. That proved to be a bad move.
And Canada isn’t the only one: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore. Vietnam really screwed itself over trying to get domestic production going (homegrown and in-licensed). Once Delta got hold they saw a 400x increases in cases. Once it dawned on them vaccines were the only out, then acquired whatever they could by begging and borrowing. Now they are looking at a loss of foreign investment and a possible recession.
Re:Canada's 'gamble' on delaying, mixing and matching Covid-...
by sandworm101 on Sunday October 10, 2021 @05:30AM
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>> And Canada isn’t the only one: [...] are looking at a loss of foreign investment and a possible recession.
Except that, now, Canada (78%) has a higher vaccination rate than most western nations, including the US (65%). And there is zero talk about loss of foreign investment.
"The first question is how Israel was able to get that many vaccines when supply is short? It is not because—according to reports—Israel paid about $30 per dose, almost double what other nations did. [...] The answer: Israel is a great pilot country for the pharma companies—small and able to put together a massive vaccination program quickly and effectively." https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/05/the-secre...