Opinion: Every political leader can be judged on the numbers in this pandemic. If Scott Morrison wants the credit for low case numbers and deaths, he gets the blame for low vaccine supplies | CroweDM
Scott Morrison faced an inevitable question in the hours after former prime minister Kevin Rudd confirmed he had spoken to the global chief executive of Pfizer two weeks ago to ask for more vaccines to be sent to Australia.The vaccine rollout is so far behind other countries that Scott Morrison has to account for the decisions he did not make, just as much as the ones he did.The answer? Never.
other countries, putting so many Australians at risk, that Morrison has to account for the decisions he did not make, just as much as the ones he did.The comparison with other countries is crucial. Morrison names Israel as the only country with a vaccination rate of more than 65 per cent but does not mention one of the reasons. It clearly helped that Israel’s former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called Bourla repeatedly to close a deal.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called the Pfizer boss “dear Albert” at a meeting in April while United States President Joe Biden held a press conference with him at the G7 summit last month. Bourla, the son of Greek parents who survived the Holocaust, has talked several times with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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