'Vaccine' shortage...

[JohnD]

Difference is, that country is filling the arms of its population with vaccines.

Similarity is, the government decides what it wants to spend the nation's money on.

 

[Mottie]

Similarity is, the government decides what it wants to spend the nation's money on.

Yep. And India chose nuclear weapons and space exploration above a starving, unvaccinated population.

 

[JohnD]

"Scathing report blasts ‘unimaginable’ £37bn cost of coronavirus test and trace system
No measurable evidence that scheme made difference in slowing progress of pandemic, cross-party committee finds"

I bet Hancock's neighbour, and former pub landlord, is glad he knows the right people, too.

 

[SirGalahad]

But if the wealthy countries helped third world countries build local infrastructure, using aid as the means, it would reduce the dependence on buying more expensive drugs on the open market.

The old "give a man a fish" v "teach a man to fish"

Imho foreign aid should not be dependant on conditions that say, mean the recipient is forced to buy goods from the donor. It should aimed at improving local facilities to allow modernisation of local conditions.
Too much foreign aid is aimed towards ensuring (British) exports.

“The principal beneficiary of America’s foreign assistance programmes has always been the United States. Close to 80% of the US Agency for International Development’s contracts and grants go directly to American firms.”

It's called tied aid.

 

[Tigercubrider]

Yes.
But surely even if the uk (for example) funded a vaccine factory locally in say, Africa, then we could assist with the technology then leave the host nation to manufacture at far lower cost conditional with limiting supply to African markets?
Just strikes me as more sensible than making expensive vaccines and shipping them half way around the world

 

[Charlie George]

Even with the temporary reduction in vaccines the UK will still be doing more than any European country,and at the moment we are way ahead of schedule,the total today is rumoured to be a record amount of around 700,000.

 

[Notch7]

Too much foreign aid is aimed towards ensuring (British) exports.

AKA a bribe

 

[Dangee]

AKA cooperating for a mutual benefit. Helping each other.

 

[Notch7]

Even with the temporary reduction in vaccines the UK will still be doing more than any European country,and at the moment we are way ahead of schedule,the total today is rumoured to be a record amount of around 700,000.

European governments have done a terrible job of public messaging for the vaccine and their organization of the vaccines centres has also been poor

I dont if its because we have a national health service that has helped our vaccination organization but it has been brillian -I went on Monday to Crawley hospital for the jab and it was very well set up -with a huge throughput of people

 

[Notch7]

AKA cooperating for a mutual benefit. Helping each other.

I really dont know -I dont understand what foreign aid is all about TBH.

 

[Dangee]

So many volunteers.

 

[Dangee]

Have you booked your2nd jab Notch?

 

[Dangee]

I had mine on Monday, the missus booked the 2nd for me today online. 6th June.

 

[Mottie]

19th May for me and I’m all done.

 

[Charlie George]

European governments have done a terrible job of public messaging for the vaccine and their organization of the vaccines centres has also been poor

I dont if its because we have a national health service that has helped our vaccination organization but it has been brillian -I went on Monday to Crawley hospital for the jab and it was very well set up -with a huge throughput of people

We made many mistakes,but this is one thing that we got right, so hopefully it will enable some sort of normality.
I had mine 2 weeks ago,and like you found the process perfect and well before my time,the uptake is lower in BAME areas,and that is one thing that needs pushing otherwise they may find themselves at risk of spreading it locally, when we return to normal.