the government made a right pig's ear out of it.
No what happened was the gullible government was conned by the smart Drugs companies , who made a packet selling an untested antiserum for an epidemic they knew wasnt going to be any great shakes. They hyped it up, panicked the stupid politicians and laughed all the way to the bank.
One of the most elegant, professional, high class large scale con tricks ever pulled.
Health care professionals were offered this jab, 80% took one look and thought 'im not having that untested rubbish injected into me, go find another guinea pig' . And when Nurses and Doctors wont touch it with a barge pole, you KNOW theres something wrong. Me and Mine followed there example and ignored the idiot politicians and lying drugs companies.