Germany has a "homemade" vaccine (BioNTech), in fact it was the first reliable vaccine on the market, and pioneering an entirely new medical paradigm at it, but the EC botched the process of acquiring it.
Yes, I know that the brains behind the vaccine are the people from BioNTech, but without the engineering, manufacturing and delivery guaranteed by Pfizer, we would have been in a bad spot here in the EU. Research is great, but implementation is what kills us... and bureaucracy.
Mainly, by signing the orders to late and to to few doses. Which held back extension of the production capacities. In the meantime, a new production site in Germany went operational (Marburg) and increased the output of BioNTech. In Q3 there is probably enough production to supply Germany, but that means at least one more quarter where people and businesses die.
