All eyes are on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the key to a return to normalcy. But in Europe, the distribution has so far been marred with miscalculation and political tussles. Jacob Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund and the Peterson Institute, has been mapping vaccine progress in detail. He joins “Out of Order” to talk about the politics and economics of Europe’s rollercoaster rollout—and its implications for the pandemic in other parts of the world.
New York Times: “Top EU Officials Comes Under Fires in Vaccine Wars”
The Guardian: EU Leaders Began to Feel Heat Over Slow Covid Vaccine Rollout
Peterson Institute: The Pandemic is Not Under Control Anywhere Unless it is Controlled Everywhere