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[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I mean, to some degree it just makes economic sense: the Sputnik vaccine was $10/dose compared to the $30/dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. If Guatemala has to burn it's entire budget to get enough Sputnik vaccines, I don't think the budget would have supported buying Pfizer/Moderna ones.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

IIRC they were subsidized a good deal for developing nations.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Yeah, might have been. Can't remember how much for the life of me.

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