posted by gut
Seems like Europe is having some real problems. Had a LOL moment when I read Macron saying something like "the US got it right and was ready for the vaccine - no one thought it could be done in a year". You almost had to look to see if Trump's hand was up his ass working him like a puppet...
The variants are a little concerning, but it does seem more like the media squeezing the last bit of juice out of the pandemic porn turnip.
The way Europe has handled this since last March has been a complete disaster. They were busy May thru October patting themselves on the back while ridiculing the US/UK and now look where they are. I never understood why people were celebrating how Europe handled COVID. Now they rather play politics with the AZ vaccine, because they are butthurt about brexit v.s. actually procuring a large supply of vaccines to help their people. You're going to see in the next 3 years a lot of right leaning populists winning elections in Europe.