If I could add to that, the thing is that we knew that would happen, because this is how it has happened in the past and this is just how the world works, right? That's why COVAX was set up. That's the thing about it: COVAX, in its conception, was a brilliant idea to try to avoid that kind of situation, but by then, countries had started to make side deals with these pharmaceuticals, and COVAX got completely undermined. Otherwise, it would have been COVAX purchasing for the world. These pharmaceuticals wouldn't have been able to pit countries against each other for the highest prices.
On April 4th, 2022. See this statement in context.