What does this even mean? Is there a problem with the contracts? Care to elaborate because you sound like one of those people that complains when they don't do something then complains when they do. If it doesn't matter what they do either way, then you're not arguing in good faith--you're just being partisan.
Not so. The Oxford vaccine has been the front runner from the beginning because of their MERS research. While Trudeau was having another Kumbaya moment preaching equal distribution of vaccines, other countries have been pro active ensuring their supplies. Canada did nothing.
Now we are at the mercy of the US government and American big pharma again. The US secured their 30O million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on May 20th as Canada sat on its hands. Chinese are holding up research samples of the CANSINO vaccine (Meng again?) If these vaccines are successful will an American government allow their export before US needs are supplied? Don’t expect a Biden administration to be much different from Trump on this issue. The Oxford vaccine will be sold at cost until the pandemic is over, that was a condition of them releasing their research to an industry partner and why they have no US partners. I doubt very much US big pharma will be so generous.
Early access to a good vaccine will enable countries to open up their economies and borders. Those that don’t have them will struggle and may find borders closed to them. Expect proof of immunization to be a condition of entry to developed countries as in the days before smallpox was eradicated.
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