Startrail_wanderer
Startrail_wanderer t1_j1a1voz wrote
The US is a rules based international order country only when the rules are in their favour
Startrail_wanderer t1_iyruj8n wrote
Reply to Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu – The public health interventions massively reduced disease transmission and mortality without depressing economic activity. by smurfyjenkins
To those who want to read the entire paper you can access the pre print of it here
Startrail_wanderer t1_j1r84kh wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Beijing to distribute Pfizer antiviral drug as Covid wave strains health system by web_explorer
It's a combination of factors in case of Pfizer. Yes nationalism is an issue but they also want complete immunity in cases from any side effects of the vaccine
Plus the vaccine needs ultra cold storage which wasn't the case for AstraZeneca or local made vaccines (at least in the Indian case )
Plus the vaccines imported would be costlier compared to the ones made in China or local countries
Ofcourse this is not to takeaway any advantages that the Pfizer vaccine has but there are 2 sides to every issue