• Nothing44 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Redundancy, I assume. If one provider says they can deliver in two months, and one says they can deliver in four months, they order from both, in case something goes wrong with the first batch. Or maybe they ordered from the 4-month people first, then were contacted by the 2-month people.

      Figuring the loss will be worth it to get people back to working and buying shit.

      Or inefficiency. Ordering anything they can get their hands on, thinking they won't get enough, then ending up with way more than they need. Like when people did a run on stores for toilet paper in the beginning, but on a national level.

      Then there's the fallacy of lumping the EU together as one organized entity, when we're more of a squabbling mob of nations shouting over each other and amplifying each other's mistakes.

      • garbology [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        the fallacy of lumping the EU together

        At least some of those vaccines were ordered as a collective EU plan, although there's other vaccines ordered separately per nation.

        EDIT: in fact, I think this graphic is outdated, this article says the EU collective order totals 2.3 billion doses, more than the 1.8 billion listed above. It also says surplus jabs will be distributed to neighbor countries, without mentioning what the timeline will be for those overflow shots.

        • Nothing44 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I admit to having exaggerated to the point of falsehood.

          • garbology [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            No, you're not that wrong, Hungary and Germany, of all countries, are also ordering vaccines outside of the collective plan.

    • Randomdog [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Because a donor to your political party is on the board of the company that makes the vaccines.

      If you ever have to ask "why would a politician do this thing that makes no sense" the answer is corruption and cronyism 90% of the time.