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That Cuba is ruled by a communist party is, unfortunately, relevant to this conversation: there is a significant chance the claimed results are pure fabrication
by bookofsand 5y ago
That Cuba is ruled by a communist party is, unfortunately, relevant to this conversation: there is a significant chance the claimed results are pure fabrication. First line of the article: "Cuba's health authorities said this week the domestically produced Abdala vaccine has proven to be 92% effective against the coronavirus in clinical trials.".
Personally, I hope this is one of the rare times when communist authorities tell the truth. Or hopefully Cuba 2020 has a different relation to the truth than Eastern Europe 1980. But count me skeptical until independent trials confirm the results.
People that lived under a communist party regime learned the hard way that communist regimes engage routinely in fake data. From 99% elections to the incessant claims that the quality of life is superior to the "decadent capitalist West", when reality on the field looks like this: https://dustyoldthing.com/inside-soviet-grocery-store https://dustyoldthing.com/inside-soviet-grocery-store.