I can just about see where the drip view that AZ BAD PFIZER GOOD comes from. To draw a distinction between the two equally effective mRNA vaccines, and say we should focus on the one that& #39;s struggling to achieve production, is so odd that you have to start suspecting corruption. https://twitter.com/BreakfastNews/status/1381726454988238851">https://twitter.com/Breakfast...

There& #39;s a really interesting story about capitalism to be told from the different vaccine development stories, but it doesn& #39;t really fit left- or right-wing narratives so hasn& #39;t been told. Of the three major vaccines (I& #39;m ignoring J&J because it& #39;s a me-too product tha only got>

>significant take-up because the US was weird about approving AZ), you have one made by a stereotypical Huge Capitalist Corporation, one made by a stereotypical Massive Hype Startup, and one made by a sterotypical European Government/Industry Partnership.

Of those, the Corporation (Pfizer) costs a fortune, works extremely well, is being rolled out with tremendous success, will make them an absolute fortune - and 75% of the world can& #39;t afford it unless it& #39;s subsidised by western aid donors.

The Startup one (Moderna) also costs a fortune, and appears to work about as well as the Corporation one. Its execs go on TV to overhype it with borderline-legal claims for things it hasn& #39;t been approved for, and they& #39;re struggling to meet production targets. The media love it.

And finally, the government/industry partnership one (AZ/Oxford) works almost but not quite as well, has struggled to meet production targets, is staggeringly cheap and accessible to everyone in the world, and the media ABSOLUTELY HATE it.