n0> No Shaychus.?
maybe I did not explain it well. Trump was trying to jump-start multiple well-funded efforts. Germans did not let Curevac in, but then took months to fund it fully. As a result, other mRNA efforts were done faster. This is just one data point, of course, but it is as close as you can come to a controlled experiment in polirics. Two German companies – both wanted to work with US and asked for large funding. One was and one was not allowed by events mostly out of their control.
Now, looking this way, it may be that Trump’s intervention was not helpful. Biontech went directly to Pfizer and was successful. It may be that Biontech Turks are smart from history of dealing with repressive governments, while Trump and an American heading Curevac just tried to bully through “doing the right thing” and it backfired. American direct approach worked for Moderna, because it operated fully within the same cultural framework.