Spahn says it is not about being first, but about finding a safe vaccine
- It can be dangerous to start vaccinating millions or billions of people early
- Says would be happy if Germany has a vaccine but still in testing phase
This won't be the last of the coronavirus or vaccine-related shade being thrown from most big nations around the world. If anything, expect more to come.
As much as it seems far-fetched that Russia has a vaccine, there's too much political and reputation risk at stake for Putin to endorse it and have it blow up in his face.
As such, one can expect that the so-called "vaccine" will likely do no additional harm but its effectiveness on the other hand will be a separate debate.
For now, this puts the pressure on other countries to produce "breakthroughs" sooner rather than later as the precedent has now been set.
