What do Macron and Merkel have to say over the debacle?
The Germans are in hot water because they made their own contacts outside of the EU and the French aren’t in any great hurry because the French are the most sceptic about the Covid-19 vaccines.
This is posturing because member states are getting heat from their citizens about the slow rollout. Just like when BoJo said he would renege on the agreements we made with Europe. Once the hyperbole recedes they will come to an agreement. No one would benefit, particularly EU, from the EU following through with this (empty) threat.
Try telling the fishermen, the hauliers, the Welsh ports etc (who are being buried by the consequences not being in a free trade agreement) that Brexit was a good idea. Or students who can no longer take part in the Erasmus programme. I could go on.
The government simply over promised and will temporarily throw a few quid at interest groups who shout the loudest but long term hells no. Covid-19 and the black hole that it now at the centre of the nation’s finances, has presented the perfect get out jail card for the government to let businesses and communities fend for themselves.
OP if this is the hill you would die on, then knock yourself out but after the dust has settled on this particular spat, there will be many situations where being outside of EU wil be to our detriment. You have to laugh at all those expats in Spain who voted leave, who are slowly realising that residency in Europe was only a right when we were part of the union.