They are pushing the Chinese vaccine here in the Philippines...and in other poor countries such as Indonesia. It is a form of vaccine diplomacy, to get allies in a region where Chinese aggression is making them disliked.
So we have a slew of articles telling us how wonderful the vaccine is.
Lots of Gaslighting going on.
The western sources point out:
the rollouts come despite a growing number of questions over the effectiveness of the shot, which last week was revealed to have an efficacy rate of just 50.38% in late-stage trials in Brazil — significantly lower than earlier results showed. That rate only barely crosses the 50% efficacy threshold as set by the World Health Organization, and far lower than the 78% previously announced to much fanfare in China earlier this month.
Ah, but that's now what the obedient press is telling us:
No, it protects 80 percent of folks, not 50 percent.
And those deaths in Brazil that stopped the chinese phase 2 trial?. No, not from the vaccine.
China is claiming they had no deaths at all when they gave out their vaccine to their own people.
But it appears gaslighting is going on. Not just in these articles, but in the social media with all their scare stories of bad side effects of the western vaccine.
here is a pure propaganda piece from Rappler, a site originally that was partly funded by a guy suspected as being a CIA front (foreign money to news sites is illegal here). So I don't know what is going on: They are left wing and anti Duterte but maybe things are changing. Given their history of taking foreign money, one does wonder
ah but this article does admit that China's reports are iffy but that fact doesn't stop the writer from quoting China's lies fantasy fictional reports.
But China has struggled to gain international trust for its vaccine candidates, hindered by a lack of transparency on test results.
It has also been slow to complete Phase 3 trials, which had to be conducted abroad due to China's success at curbing the spread of COVID-19 within its own borders.
Chinese officials have repeatedly assured the public of the vaccines' safety, claiming that there have been no serious adverse reactions.
PHilstar notes that when the vaccine was given locally, 29 had side effects out of 3000 vaccinations, including one serious...
Manila Bul quotes the company that made the Sinovax who said there were no problems. And of course, China never lies.
No fatal side effect has been recorded from the use of coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech so far, according to a company official.
This early Lancet study with low numbers involved showed 50percent had side effects
From Bloomberg: in Indonesia, we read:
Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s coronavirus shot created antibodies among 97% of those administered with it in a final stage trial in Indonesia but its efficacy has yet to be determined, a company spokesperson said Tuesday.
but the Epoch Times notes:
The Strange Sinovac Vaccine Phenomenon: Countries Report Increased Cases After Using Vaccine
the Chinese vaccine was used in Brazil, and now it is being reported that it doesn't protect people against the new virulent mutation there.
Sigh.
Excuse the technical problems with the post: Blogger has "eaten" it twice so I had to repost it.
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