The UK approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, the first Western nation to give it the green light
Looks like Pfizer wanted UK to have the honor, downplaying US role
https://www.businessinsider.com/pfizer-and-biontech-covid-19-vaccines-approved-by-uk-regulator-2020-11
Love this excerpt
Above all, we don’t know how well Pfizer’s vaccine will work in real life. However, tracking its use in millions of people is the only way to figure this out. And there’s added benefit that this knowledge could be applied to other harmful diseases.