French Pharmaceutical Company Walks Back Comment That US Would Get Vaccine First | Talking Points Memo

PARIS (AP) — French pharmaceutical group Sanofi promised Thursday that it would make its COVID-19 vaccine, when ready, available in all countries, hours after the company’s CEO said the United States will get first access.


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Soooo…let me see if I have this right: CEO Paul “Dickhead” Hudson wants the EU to provide financial support in order to get the stuff to the US faster.

Uh-huh. Don’t think he’s playing with a full deck.

Wonder how much Rutabaga Ghouliani promised him in kickbacks?

(Speaking of dickheads, where’s Rutabaga hanging out these days?)

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Hmmm. I read this as Dickhead Hudson extorting regulatory concessions and financial investment of some kind from the EU aping the timeworn bullying strategies of our own dickhead in chief. Wouldn’t want something to happen to the vaccine on its way to the wide world.

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Maybe he also thought it would be a nice pay off for Trump’s pushing hydroxychloroquine. Sanofi produces Plaqenil.

Exposed quid pro quo of the day.

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Proof that you don’t have to be overly smart or politically astute to rise to become CEO of Sanofi.

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November 4th would be a great day to announce that the vaccine is ready for global distribution.

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Sure, Sanofi. Trump fired the head of the vaccine research agency so OF COURSE he should get the vaccine first.

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