Saturday, December 26, 2020

Fake Vaccines?

 from the PhilInquirer:

it seems that not all vaccines are equal. DUH.


“We appeal to our task force leaders to look at the effectiveness of the [vaccine] rather than political or geopolitical reasons. The safety of our people should come first not the feelings of our neighboring friends,” he said.ubiri did not mention a specific brand, but he made the remark after the IATF announced that it preferred vaccines made by Chinese pharmaceuticals Sinovac, Sinopharm, and CanSino because of their “affordability and production capability.”....But Brazil, the first country to complete a late-stage trial of the Sinovac vaccine, said on Dec. 23 that the vaccine, called CoronaVac, was only more than 50-percent effective based on trial data. The Department of Science and Technology said CoronaVac’s 50-percent efficacy rate is “acceptable” because that was the minimum requirement of the World Health Organization.


WTF? I'll look into this later, but right now I have a life and hey, it's Christmas. 

but the deal with the US Pfizer fell through because the paper work never got done. Now they are saying it's because they can't refrigerate it....but the Moderna Vaccine only requires ordinary freezing.


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update: Dr. C discusses the various vaccines and confirms that the Chinese vaccine only works to protect half of those given the vaccine. Fast forward to 16 minutes.



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