“The company has clearly defined goals – the greatest possible profit. On the other hand, we have our goal, which is to reasonably manage the funds we have for activities such as health care,” Anna Kwiecień, deputy chair of the parliamentary health committee, told the wPolityce.pl portal, referring to the letter from the minister of Public Health to Pfizer.
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“At the moment there are hardly any people who want to get vaccinated.”
in an open letter to Pfizer, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski points to the need for a “deep change of contracts”. The head of the Ministry of Health indicates that although the pharmaceutical company is trying to supply hundreds of millions of vaccines to Europe, there is no demand for them in the current situation and the preparations will most likely simply be wasted.
We asked the Deputy Chairman of the Sejm Health Committee, a PiS MP, for comment on this matter. Anne April.
I think — according to what’s in this letter, Mr. Niedzielski is the first head of the Ministry of Health in Europe to say that we don’t want to buy, pick up and pay for these vaccines. This, in my opinion, would be the right course of action.
– says PiS MP.
All the more so because the epidemic situation in Europe has stabilized.
Yes, as far as I know and see there are no people willing to vaccinate at the moment
the politician evaluates.
I appreciate the move with this letter to Pfizer very positively. It is very good that the minister takes an active and not passive attitude and fights not to pay these Pfizer and not to collect these preparations.
– added Kwiecień in an interview with wPolityce.pl.
Will Poland challenge other governments?
Do we have a chance for a positive solution here, or should we rather expect another brawl?
There is no doubt that there will be a fight. The company has clearly defined goals – the greatest possible profit. We, on the other hand, have our goal, which is to reasonably manage the resources we have for activities such as health care
– points to Anna Kwiecień.
The company certainly won’t be happy about this and will try to use different kinds of pressure to pay for something we don’t need. As I don’t work for the Ministry of Health I don’t know all the details of the contracts but it’s an uphill battle nonetheless but it’s not about the government sitting back and not responding
– underlined.
In some situations you just have to fight hard for your interests, and in my opinion it is in Poland’s interest that we do not continue this
he makes clear.
I fully support Minister Niedzielski’s attitude on this matter
– declares the Deputy Chairman of the Sejm Health Commission.
In a letter to Pfizer, Minister Niedzielski indicated that “there are currently no governments interested in accepting donations of COVID-19 vaccines – not even for free”, and even for developed European countries, the acceptance of preparations with a limited shelf life and reduced demand. will be associated with significant financial burdens.
So is there a chance that other European countries will act in a similar way to Poland?
It’s hard to say, but I hope this situation will encourage others to take similar actions to Poland. Someone has to be the first, and we are a big country in Central Europe, the sixth economy, so we often have to set an example for others as well. So I hope that others will follow our example, as in the case of, for example, the attitude towards agricultural imports from Ukraine, where we managed to form a coalition. I hope this case develops in the same way
– emphasizes Member of Parliament Anna Kwiecień.
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Source: wPolityce