Anglo-American Vax Nationalism Vs. EU Techno Liberalism

Chris Bickerton, an expert on the European Union, has a damning piece up at the New York Times today about the EU’s failure to vaccinate its own people. The EU had assumed power over vaccine procurement from European member governments, insisting that could lead a continent-wide anti-COVID campaign. Now, the statistical disparities are eye-watering:

By the third week of May, the United States and Britain had administered over 80 doses per 100 inhabitants; the E.U. had managed 43.6 doses per 100 residents. Slow to start, subject to shortages in supply and in some cases poorly targeted, the continent’s vaccine rollout has been disastrous. The result has been a long and drawn-out third wave of the virus, leading to lockdowns, economic contraction and many deaths.

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