In the frenzy of the pandemic, countries all over the world were pushed to make written agreements with COVID vaccine companies. Terms included advance commitments to purchase hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccines, right up through the end of 2023.

Poland contracted to buy 900 million doses of Pfizer’s jabs — but demand for them didn’t live up to what they anticipated, and only about half that number were delivered.

Now the pandemic is all but over, and Poland wants out of the deal. The glut is an issue worldwide, according to Fox Business, but Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski wants a renegotiation to “ease the financial burden.”

The vaccines on hand are expiring and are having to be thrown away, he said, making it even more ludicrous to be accepting several hundred million more in the next few months. In a letter to Pfizer’s shareholders, Poland pointed out that, “This is utterly pointless from a public health point of view, as most of them will be destroyed due to the limited shelf life and limited demand.”

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Fox Business May 4, 2023