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Far Fewer Vaccine Doses from AstraZeneca and Failed Political Promises: The Chronicle of the Austrian Vaccination Dilemma and How Vaccination Strategy Is Delayed.
Of Didi hubmann | 05:15, January 23, 2021
It was news that gave a lot of hope: it could be in the first quarter two million doses of vaccines to Austria Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced earlier this week.
AstraZeneca, the company Kurz trusted, however, confirmed at the request of the Kleine Zeitung the delivery of not two million vaccines.
Now it’s even leaked that AstraZeneca instead of the two million vaccines expected in the first quarter it can only deliver 600,000, in the worst case, just under 500,000. The company stated that “initial volumes will be lower than expected due to reduced inoculum yields at a manufacturing site.”
No exact numbers were given. But even so, it is a statement that Austria’s vaccination strategy changes in the first quarter. Because the vaccine, which is easy to use, would have been intended to bring vaccination to the masses. The AstraZeneca vaccine was not even approved, will be decided next Thursday.
Health Minister Rudolf Anschober declared indignantly: “The promised delivery quantities must be met.” At the same time, he stressed the importance of ordering 3.8 million doses of vaccines from Biontech / Pfizer. Sounds good, but it doesn’t help in the first trimester either: Doses of the vaccine will only arrive in the second and third trimesters.
Playing with the numbers
This numbers game, that They promise more and more vaccine deliverieswhich was often not fulfilled at the time, scratched the credibility of politics: Experienced doctors Those who know the vaccination approval system well for a long time have been shaking their heads at how lax the numbers were discussed. Approval processes of vaccines No easy taxable and predictable are.
Lie the little newspaper internal documents of the Ministry of Health before, as in the maelstrom of announcements between November 20, 2020 and January 22, 2021 with the Numbers over millions of vaccinations, with what one had expected juggleit was like them “lost” went, and then partly again “Appeared”.
In less than two months, the first trimester vaccination schedules are not only resized, also failed. This also delays further planning, for example for vaccines for younger age groups.
Weight paper
Furthermore, Austria had an important voice in ordering the AstraZeneca vaccine across the EU: Clemens-Martin Auer, Special Representative of Minister Rudolf Anschober, was Deputy Head of the EU Order Commission.
the Price is said to have played a role. A Belgian politician’s tweet revealed: The AstraZeneca vaccine is said to cost 1.78 euros per can, while the Pfizer / Biontech vaccine is said to cost around twelve euros.
Today experts explain that Cost of vaccines compared to the financial burdens on locked states turns out to be much lower. During a video conference with Auer, details of AstraZeneca’s lower delivery volumes were announced.
But let’s go back to the internal figures of the ministry. On November 20 one entered the internal newspapers of at least 3 million, at most even 3.7 million doses of vaccines for the first trimester.
On December 30 it was said: It will only be valid until the end of March 2021. 880,720 vaccination doses available. So about 2.8 million doses less than in November.
Harsh reactions
the Numbers rally then entered official statements keep going: Moderna was approved, about 200,000 more vaccines planned for the first quarter. Biontech, meanwhile, plagued with delivery problems through mid-February, was extrapolated to nearly a million doses of vaccines. AstraZeneca received two million, without approval.
But where is Austria today? With Biontech / Pfizer (1 million), Moderna (200,000) and AstraZeneca (600,000) in about 1.8 million doses of vaccines for 900,000 people in the first quarter. Much less than was predicted last November, but still more than one might have expected in the meantime.
The political reactions were harsh. Neos Health spokesperson Gerald Loacker says: “This is where they appear fatal error of the turquoise green vaccination plan. The federal government has relied too heavily on the AstraZeneca vaccine to be approved early and has waited for an earlier delivery. “
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