親愛なる英国様 うらやますぃ Liebe Britain, We Beneiden You ( Dear Britain, we envy you).

ロックダウンしているのに変異型で第三波みたいな滅茶苦茶な状況で、EUもワクチン計画の遅れへの批判がどんどん厳しくなっているけど、米国がほぼワクチン輸出禁止状態なのでEUがカナダ、メキシコ、日本のワクチン供給を担っているのを考えると、EUの輸出規制は日本のワクチン計画を更に厳しくするよな

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EU struggles with vaccine delays and new Covid surge　https://t.co/feCQ1pbwg9

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But fast forward to late February and take a look at the front-page headline of Germany's popular Bild newspaper. In a mixture of German and English and with the union flag as a backdrop, it reads in bold print: Liebe Britain, We Beneiden You ( Dear Britain, we envy you).

This from a country with the famously level-headed scientist Angela Merkel at its helm and which, at the start of the pandemic, seemed to lead the way in how to deal with the virus effectively.