{"id":7167,"date":"2021-02-13T11:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T10:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7167"},"modified":"2021-04-18T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T10:52:36","slug":"eus-covid-19-vaccination-debacle-epochal-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2021\/02\/13\/eus-covid-19-vaccination-debacle-epochal-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"EU&#8217;s Covid-19 Vaccination Debacle: &#8220;Epochal Failure&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2021\/02\/13\/eus-covid-19-vaccination-debacle-epochal-failure\/eu-covid-vaccine-rollout\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7168\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7168\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eu-covid-vaccine-rollout.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eu-covid-vaccine-rollout.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eu-covid-vaccine-rollout-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The European Union&#8217;s vaccination rollout has been plagued by bureaucratic sclerosis, poorly-negotiated contracts, penny-pinching and blame shifting \u2014 all wrapped in a shroud of secrecy. The result is a needless and embarrassing shortage of vaccines, and yet another a crisis of legitimacy for the EU.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/17052\/eu-vaccination-failure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | February 13, 2021<\/p>\n<p>The European Union\u2019s much-touted campaign to vaccinate 450 million Europeans against Covid-19 has gotten off to an inauspicious start. The vaccination rollout has been plagued by bureaucratic sclerosis, poorly-negotiated contracts, penny-pinching and blame shifting \u2014 all wrapped in a shroud of secrecy. The result is a needless and embarrassing shortage of vaccines, and yet another a crisis of legitimacy for the EU.<\/p>\n<p>As of February 11, the EU had administered vaccines to approximately 4.5% of its adult population, compared to 14% in the United States, 21% in the United Kingdom and 71% in Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/covid-vaccinations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to statistics compiled by <em>Our World in Data<\/em>. The EU\u2019s vaccination fiasco comes as many European countries are struggling to combat an extremely virulent third wave of the coronavirus and healthcare systems across the continent are once again at breaking points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/17052\/eu-vaccination-failure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union&#8217;s vaccination rollout has been plagued by bureaucratic sclerosis, poorly-negotiated contracts, penny-pinching and blame shifting \u2014 all wrapped in a shroud of secrecy. 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