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Alan Richards's avatar

Most governments over-committed to purchasing many more shots than they needed. My guess is that the Pfizer contracts are more tightly worded, thus not enabling the purchaser to get out of the commitment. Hence Pfizer is the last supplier standing. I don’t think the Scandinavian governments are actively pushing boosters, but if the people want them, they will get Pfizer. Some governments are trying to export unwanted shots to poor African nations but the demand from there is pitiful due to prior experience with BMGF.

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kapock's avatar

There is one material difference between the Pfizer and Moderna shots: Moderna provides a much higher dosage of the lipid nanoparticles per injection.

I don’t know how heavily that fact weighs in the European countries’ reasoning – either stated or real – for favoring Pfizer, but if somebody is going to put this stuff in their body, probably the less the better.

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