Best Laid Plans
The best laid plans often go awry, or so the clichĂ© states. That is what is happening to Pfizer in its efforts to supply the European Union with COVID vaccination shots. It is an estimated 30 percent below goals. This is a PR black eye for the drug company and a crisis. There is no good way to make up for the shortfall and the EU will suffer by going without. One could ask how Pfizer so badly estimated its manufacturing capacity, a question the company must address sooner or later. It won’t look good whatever the answers the drug producer presents. Pfizer is being tight-lipped and refusing to comment on delivery schedules. That won’t get it far if the EU investigates or sues the company. It would be better if Pfizer made a clean breast of its production and shipping, shortfalls and all. But, that doesn’t seem to be something the company is willing to do — yet.
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