Comments by "Drew Hodge" (@drewhodge3820) on "Germans are getting tired of coronavirus restrictions | DW News" video.

Sadly Germany will be in lockdown for a second summer because of the EU commissions failure to order vaccines and they blocked Germany and other EU countries ordering vaccines.
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@luisfigointer So why have EU countries Poland and Hungary had to buy Russian and Chinese Vaccines? This had nothing to do with testing vaccines. The EU Commission FAILED to order vaccines or even send a letter of intent/interest. Which would have stated they would place orders (for a certain number of vaccines) once all the tests were completed. How do you defend the EU Commission stopping Germany and other EU countries placing orders and then the EU Commission placed their order/letter of intent to order more than 3 months after the UK? That meant the whole of the EU27 is at the back of the queue behind many countries around the world. Will you still attempt to defend the EU Commission when most of the EU27 will spend a second summer in lockdown????? Will you still try to defend the EU Commission failures when thousands of lives will be lost across the EU and the UK is out of lockdown for the summer????
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@luisfigointer That is because the UK records Covid as a cause of death if it is found in a blood test after death. Not because covid caused the death. If you have a fatal car crash but had covid 4 months before the car accident, or died of cancer but caught covid in hospital. They are all recorded as covid deaths. If any of the EU recorded covid deaths in the same way the UK does, many EU countries would have equal or possibly higher covid deaths recorded. In a normal year Flu deaths would be 50,000-70,000 deaths in the UK and in the past year that number is just over 400. Yes the UK's vaccine programme has proved to be effective in vastly reducing covid hospital cases and deaths. So the UK is winning the covid battle but the covid war carries on around the world and this will be an ongoing battle that is never truly going away. Covid will come back every year like the flu, with new variants. Sadly this is something that has effected everyone around the world and will carry on effecting everyone for years to come. In our lifetimes and our children's lifetimes. The longer it takes to get under some sort of control the more likely there will be more dangerous variants. Which is why every country should act quickly.
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@salmasfao4198 The world is moving forwards, not looking backwards. You cant stop changes. The world keeps turning and people in every country want a better future for the children. Smothering growth and global trade with restrictive rules and regulations wont help to improve peoples lives. Yes any country or group of countries can shut the door on the world but they get left behind. Look at the devastating effects on the people of N Korea and China. While its good for countries to be self sufficient, the countries that thrive are democracies. While dictatorship always fail their own people.
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