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> For a year

The first vaccine only came out about 4 months ago.

However, you are right - the EU has donated about 30 million doses, enough for 15 million people. It's not nothing, but not that much either.




One month ago:

> Overall, 77 million doses have been shipped from the European Union since early December, 88 million will have been distributed internally by the end of the week, and 62 million shots have been administered within the bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/covid-vaccines-e...

The EU tried to play nice and it was screwed over by other countries and by AstraZeneca.

If you look at the numbers, the EU exported almost as many vaccines as it used, while its vaccination rate was half the UK/US one.


It's not just about donations, it didn't block deliveries either.




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