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Yeah, for some reason last year, I was under the impression that once the vaccine had been invented and approved, that would be basically the end of it. But now the prediction is that Australia won't be done until the end of the year and all experts are calling that date optimistic marketing bullshit.

Turns out giving billions of people multiple doses is actually a hard problem.




It’s more the convincing them than the giving. Demand is cratering thanks to a year of insanity and propaganda.


In Australia this is not a problem. There is massive demand but there is no supply. All the vaccines are going to the US and EU first.


*US and UK, because they've got export controls.

The very few EU facilities have to supply the entire rest of the world (sans RU, CN). And now the US is talking about doing a third dose per patient before exporting any doses at all.




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