, Columnist
Europe Is Flirting With a Vaccine Disaster
Those who arrive second in ending Covid-19’s health-care and economic emergencies will face the consequences for a long time.
Slow and not very steady.
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It’s hard not to look in dismay at the feeble start to the European Union’s Covid vaccination campaign.
The bloc has only managed to administer about 8.9 million doses in total, according to the Bloomberg vaccine tracker, about two for every 100 citizens. The U.S. and the U.K. are running at seven and 10.5 respectively, while Israel is at 43. Since all vaccines that have been approved so far require two jabs to work, it’s a very steep mountain to climb to get the EU’s program on track.