Seems that the US is making great headway. They did well by buying lots of Biontech/Pfizer last July. Right now some populists do really well if it comes to vaccinations: Trump, Johnson and Netanyahu all lead the pack. A diverse set of reasons. But still worth noticing. Also interesting how it does not want to fit into the narrative that “those guys” (for the record: I am not fond of any of them either) are more like science-ignoring idiots. Well, they knew how to pick a winner if it comes to vaccinations. RNA vaccines – even though conceptually sound – were not proven. They had no track record.
One could speculate to find reasons. None of these could be conclusively proven or disproven. It could be that the populists fucked up spring so badly that they were in the most dire need for a miracle. They could think that social measures would further the other side of the aisle, so they would try to avoid them at all costs. Or they don’t have ‘experts’ around them that are just mid level people. Those that could not imagine that RNA based vaccines would work.
Who knows.
It is great that Israel, the UK and the US do so well in terms of vaccinations. Acquiring immunity via an actual infection is rather risky. Cov-parties never became a think like Pox-parties. For good reasons.