Trump claims thst pfizer didnt release their vaccine before the election on purpose.
Tbh he might be right.
What would pfizer's motive be?
To piss off trump.
Also the vaccine still isn't actually released yet.
True I should have written announced, not released.
Their motive would be to get rid of trump. Basically everyone in europe hates trump. I can totally see them having the press release a little bit later just to stop trump from winning.
Riiiight. Whereas back in the real world they are desperate to get to market first, as they have the most expensive product that has nightmare logistics (-70c!). They need to get to market first, as all the alternatives are much cheaper and easier to transport. If they don't get it out before the competition, why would anyone buy it?
Which is why they actually had their press conference
early- they have not finished the final stage of the trial yet and there is no published research papers out. If investors got even a hint they were delaying the release of anything for political reasons, they would sue the shit out of them and the board would all end up replaced.
Aside from that Pfizer is American, not European.