Short thread on the Chinese vaccine for COVID19. An irresponsible govt starts vaccinating it’s own people without adequate proof of either safety or efficacy, bypassing phase 3 trials. Then finds out it isn’t generating an adequate response. But the problems are much deeper.
CanSino has decided to brazen it out by claiming that “we should not blindly follow experts” and that “It is unscientific to compare the antibody levels generated by different vaccine candidates, because varied testing methods could distort results”. https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/china-cansino-defends-coronavirus-vaccine-candidate-200909063936284.html
The company declared its phase 2 trials in July. So far it has met with very little success for finding partners for international phase 3 trials. Only Russia and Pakistan have agreed. Russia is already mass vaccinating its own people without proper phase 3 trials.
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