Some family members lived in Hong Kong when the Sinovac vaccine rolled out. There was hysterical reporting of suspected side-effects to the point that vaccine

Some family members lived in Hong Kong when the Sinovac vaccine rolled out. There was hysterical reporting of suspected side-effects to the point that vaccine hesitancy was off the charts. Cultural norms are to take care of elders in your family, and few people wanted their parents/grandparents to get vaccinated. Sinovac wasn't as effective as the mRNA vaccines, but it also wasn't killing people with side effects: quite a lot of Omicron deaths could have been easily prevented.