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Don't forget geopolitics. Russia and China would looooove to come in with their vaccines and save the day.
by mantas 6y ago
Don't forget geopolitics. Russia and China would looooove to come in with their vaccines and save the day.
- sschueller 6y agoThe negative press against the Russian Sputnik Vaccine is also quite dominant in the news.
- mantas 6y agoNot so much after EU did 180... Here in my country PM claimed to never accept Sputnik. Wonder what will happen if EU confirms it :)
- sschueller 6y agoAlso interesting that a Swiss company is going to be producing Sputnik V [1] [1] https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/schweizer-biopharma-firma-stellt-russischen-corona-impfstoff-her https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/schweizer-biopharm...
- fmajid 6y agoThe Russian Sputnik V vaccine is as effective as the Western ones. Fr all its flaws the Soviet Union was a scientific, educational and health giant, and its successor Russian state still is. The Sinopec (Chinese) one is only about 60-70% effective, on the other hand, and unless given away for free, it's hard to understand why any country would want it. The concerns about Sputnik are geopolitical in nature (weakening the sanctions regime against Russia for its doings in Ukraine, and the persecution of Navalny), not sanitary ones.
- Throwawayaerlei 6y agoThe concerns about Sputnik are geopolitical in nature Not entirely. Their politicians boasted about it being the world's first "registered" vaccine a month before its Phase III trial started, that was an own goal completely of their making. It was only months later where they were able to finish their Phase III trial with very good results, but a few weeks behind the two mRNA vaccines.
- fmajid 6y agoSo in other words exactly like Astra Zeneca. A good vaccine whose reputation was marred by nationalism-driven botched design of experiment and clinical trials. That said, the effectiveness of Sputnik V has been established to Western standards now, so the only reason for the EU to refuse it when it is in crying need for vaccines is political, not scientific or medical.