It was a strange time also in the EU:<p>- French authorities confiscated four million masks from the Swedish health care company Mölnlycke [1] which were destined to Spain and Italy.<p>- The EU commission blocked the shipping of the vaccine purchased by the UK [2].<p>- At the same time, Boris Johnson wanted to launch a military operation to recuperate them in the Netherlands [3]!<p>- Italy blocked a shipment of 250,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia [4].<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_France#Shortage_of_masks_controversy" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_France#Sh...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-coronavirus-vaccine-struggle-pfizer-biontech-astrazeneca/" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-coronavirus-vaccine-s...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-ex-pm-johnson-says-he-planned-raid-dutch-factory-get-covid-vaccines-2024-09-28/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-ex-pm-johnson-says-he-p...</a><p>[4] <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-56286235" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-56286235</a>