How Brussels bungled the vaccine
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The Times
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🗓️ 5 February 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Two weeks ago AstraZeneca shocked the EU by cutting its vaccine delivery by 60%. What went wrong, and why? And could the high drama that followed have a lasting political impact?
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| 0:40.3 | AstraZeneca essentially said to the EU, |
| 0:43.6 | sorry guys. |
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| 0:49.0 | This is an incredibly hostile and aggressive act by the European Union blog. |
| 0:54.2 | What went wrong and why? |
| 0:55.9 | A warning from the World Health Organization. |
| 0:58.5 | We will not end the pandemic anywhere until we end it everywhere. |
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| 1:22.8 | Today, how Brussels bungled the vaccine? |
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