China acknowledges Sinovac vaccine not very effective

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China admits their vaccine is not effective. Although the ccp don't give exact numbers it's said to be around 50% effective.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/world/china-covid-vaccine.html

 

 

A senior Chinese official said that the country’s vaccines may need to be administered in greater doses or in concert with other shots because of their low overall effectiveness.

The comments on Saturday by Gao Fu, the director of China’s disease control center, suggest that China and more than 60 countries that have approved Chinese vaccines could need to adjust their distribution programs. The widespread distribution of Chinese vaccines means that any changes could potentially affect hundreds of millions of people or more.

Possible steps to boost effectiveness of Chinese vaccines include changing the amount of vaccine given, the number of shots, the time between shots or the type of vaccines given, Mr. Gao said.

He also praised the possibilities offered by messenger RNA. That technology is used in the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines but not in any of the vaccines thus far approved in China.

In an interview on Sunday with the Communist Party-run Global Times newspaper, Mr. Gao said his earlier comments had been misunderstood, and that discussion of how to improve the effectiveness of vaccines should be a universal question.

“The protection rates of all vaccines in the world are sometimes high, and sometimes low,” he said. “How to improve their efficacy is a question that needs to be considered by scientists around the world.”

Officials in Brazil said in January that the efficacy rate for the CoronaVac vaccine from the Beijing-based company Sinovac was just over 50 percent. By comparison, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech were found to be 90 percent effective in real world conditions, researchers said last month.

Last month the distributor in the United Arab Emirates of vaccines from China’s Sinopharm said it was offering a third dose in addition to the standard two-dose regimen for a “very small number” of people who were “not really responsive” to the vaccine.

 

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Jack D
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11 hours ago, Old55 said:

the efficacy rate for the CoronaVac vaccine from the Beijing-based company Sinovac was just over 50 percent.

A major blow to China’s efforts to sell and donate their vaccine as part of their ‘Belt and Road Initiative.’ 

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graham59
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Isn't this the one that his nibs Du30 has had ... plus all his minders and sycophants ? :89:

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1 hour ago, graham59 said:

Isn't this the one that his nibs Du30 has had ... plus all his minders and sycophants ? :89:

See Graham there is a bit of justice in Philippines after all. :hystery:

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2 hours ago, Jack D said:

A major blow to China’s efforts to sell and donate their vaccine as part of their ‘Belt and Road Initiative.’ 

I think you are correct Jack. Now we know why the ccp was so quick to "donate" it.

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Wont really matter as China will stop supplying the Philippines now that they are holding war drills with the US and as the news says hoping the US will supply vaccines. Of course all is forgotten that they dont need or want the US. Cant be bothered looking for the report now so google it. :thumbsup:

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2 hours ago, Old55 said:

"donate" it

Probably the only way to unload it, since selling it will really be a hard sell now. :hystery:

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6 minutes ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

Wont really matter as China will stop supplying the Philippines now that they are holding war drills with the US and as the news says hoping the US will supply vaccines. Of course all is forgotten that they dont need or want the US. Cant be bothered looking for the report now so google it. :thumbsup:

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-04-11/philippines-us-defence-chiefs-hope-to-resume-joint-military-drill

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13 hours ago, graham59 said:

Isn't this the one that his nibs Du30 has had ... plus all his minders and sycophants ? :89:

"My preference is Sinopharm, China. I’m not into products by white people" - Duterte, last month. :hystery:

 

Moderators note:  Adding link that references this quote https://www.rappler.com/nation/roque-response-why-duterte-get-choose-covid-19-vaccine

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Oh no... a major blow to those local 'whitening' soap manufacturers ? :ohmy:

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