Honest critique of the changed strategy. But the key argument, a moral one ( cite to Sandel) remains rebuttable. https://amp.scroll.in/article/992763/indias-plan-to-fragment-the-vaccine-market-across-the-states-is-mind-bogglingly-bad-economics?__twitter_impression=true

On the more technical front, the authors neglect several ways in which States can co- ordinate purchases from vaccine makers on the open market.

Their premise ( lower leverage against a concentrated supplier group) is weak.

Or at least contestable.

They also critique the grant funding to SII and other maker suggesting " no country has done this" and that there are cheaper alternatives. Umm, advance put to vaccine manufacturers under Op Warp Speed was similiar * in spirit* if not identical. Abstracted, it's a backstop.

There are many forms of a backstop. We went A. The US chose B. As to the cheaper alternatives bit, weight that against time! You could either get it spot- on, or you could get it functional. The GoI chose functional. War time pub policy ought to be that.

I don't know either of them. If any of you all know, flag this thread to them.