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Supplies for vaccinces of any kind are always subject to constraints and so deliveries are prioritized by the highest bidder. I know for example the flu vaccine gets delivered to the US and Japan first from a certain French pharmaceutical because they pay (by far) the highest prices. Of all G7 countries, Canada pays the least for the flu vaccine so they get the the vaccines last.

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The US has a massive amount of standing capacity to produce vaccines. All they need is a license to produce it.

Given the threat posed by the Corona virus this is exactly what must happen.

Honestly, if the company refuses to license, nearly no country will just comply and keep watching people die.

So, no not even a license is required.

This so much! The technology to built such a vaccine will not be that complex, its only the information about what works and is safe that is expensive. Who ever thinks otherwise has no idea of how big pharma works and why it is expensive.

Agreed, but why would it need to be done "exclusively" in the U.S?

That's not what I mean. There is no need for Trump to do this; once someone develops a vaccine then they should be able to license it for a normal fee.

The US have a massive army of chickens ready to produce eggs which are used to produce vaccines in the order of millions per month. They just need the vaccine and they can produce it.

I hope that Europe are in the same situation.

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