The UK vaccine rollout is considered a success, and by the standards of other results, it is indeed a success. This interview explains how they did it, which was essentially ‘make deals with companies and pay them money in exchange for doses of vaccines.’
A piece of this story you may find interesting (as an example of a government minister making a decision based on object level physical considerations): multiple reports say Matt Hancock, the UK’s health Secretary, made the decision to insist on over-ordering vaccines because he saw the movie Contagion and was shocked into viscerally realising how important a speedy rollout was.
It might just be a nice piece of PR, but even if that’s the case it’s still a good metaphor for how object level physical considerations can intrude into government decision making
A piece of this story you may find interesting (as an example of a government minister making a decision based on object level physical considerations): multiple reports say Matt Hancock, the UK’s health Secretary, made the decision to insist on over-ordering vaccines because he saw the movie Contagion and was shocked into viscerally realising how important a speedy rollout was.
https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/02/06/after-a-shaky-start-matt-hancock-has-got-the-big-calls-right
It might just be a nice piece of PR, but even if that’s the case it’s still a good metaphor for how object level physical considerations can intrude into government decision making