Posted on 08/19/2020 10:08:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
China's drug regulator has said COVID-19 vaccine candidates must have a 50 percent efficacy rate and be able to provide users with at least six months' immunity from the virus if they are to be approved in the country.
A draft document released by the Chinese Centre for Drug Evaluation (CCDE) laid out the guidelines, stipulating that while 50 percent efficacy is the minimum, the target is that vaccines should be effective for 70 percent of the population.
Emergency use of vaccines that have achieved the minimum efficacy rate but haven't yet completed their final phase of clinical trials could also be approved, according to the CCDE document. The final phases of these trials can take up to a year to complete, but state leaders are eager to roll out a successful vaccine as soon as possible.
The outlined efficacy rates follow guidelines put out by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the South China Morning Post reported. The CCDE said it developed its standards after looking at the WHO's advice and consulting with more than 50 experts and 37 teams of science.
The news comes as four Chinese vaccine candidates are in the final testing phase in the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.
Newsweek contacted China's National Medical Products Administration, of which the CCDE is an affiliated institution, for comment, but did not hear back in time for publication.
China is among several countries, including the U.S. and Russia, leading the race to produce the first effective coronavirus vaccine. According to draft data released by the WHO Thursday, there are currently 29 vaccine candidates in clinical evaluation.
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Kewel
That’ll never happen
Until there’s been at least a year of testing on a wide array of people to determine any delayed or long term side effects I’m not going anywhere near a rushed vaccine like this.
That gives them more stringent quality control than Tony Fauci.
He’ll rubber-stamp just about ANY vaccine at this point I’m sure.
Obviously holding out for the best possible solution.
/s
The efficacy of a coin flip.
How can they possibly determine that a vaccine that is only 50% effective is not 100% ineffective.
50% of people have natural immunity to respiratory flu viruses.
You think they’re gonna stop at just one? LOL
So, in short, if you get the shot and dont get the CCP virus in the next 6 months it is considered a pass. I think you could inject people with sterilized water and get those results.
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