Startrail_wanderer t1_j1s07wu wrote on December 26, 2022 at 11:06 PM

Reply to comment by Canadian_Donairs in Beijing to distribute Pfizer antiviral drug as Covid wave strains health system by web_explorer

Yes in this case they are more superior but I was just discussing alternative reasons as mentioned above

Startrail_wanderer t1_j1r84kh wrote on December 26, 2022 at 7:33 PM

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

Startrail_wanderer t1_j1a1voz wrote on December 22, 2022 at 7:46 PM

Reply to WTO on ‘Thin Ice’ With Metals-Tariff Ruling, US Trade Chief Says by defenestrate_urself

The US is a rules based international order country only when the rules are in their favour

Startrail_wanderer t1_iyruj8n wrote on December 3, 2022 at 5:55 PM

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

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561560