Canadian Politics Today

Why order early if you aren't reserving slots? If you aren't getting some kind of priority, why not wait till testing is finished?

I don't know that we will be last but we sure won't be at the head of the list.

I don't know where we will be but it won't be at the top. Those orders by other countries were made before ours. There is no reason to order anything on spec before it has finished testing other than getting a better delivery date. That is simple logic.

that's right - YOU DON'T KNOW! You don't know ALL the particulars of so-called pre-purchase agreements. You don't know which countries are relying entirely upon outside manufacturing of successful vaccine candidates... or which countries, per agreement, have secured the rights to manufacture the vaccine themselves... or which countries will be relying upon a mix of outside manufacturing and, per agreement, secured rights to allow in-country manufacturing. YOU DON'T KNOW!

no reason to order anything on spec? Say what? C'mon member wilber... some of those "on-spec" orders by countries are associated with allowing respective manufacturers to run trials in those on-spec ordering countries. But, of course, those countries have to have that high-disease burden to properly support a phase 3 trial - which, apparently, Canada doesn't have:

...founder & CEO of CanSinoBIO, Xuefeng Yu... highlights, Canada lacks a "high disease burden" required for Phase 3 trials:

in any case, CanSinoBIO moved on to sign partnership agreements with companies in Russia, South America and East Africa - where that so-called, "heavy disease burden" suitable for Phase 3 trials exists.

member wilber, when does your "on-spec" order agreement become a... partnership agreement? Oh wait, is that another reason?