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Tensions rise in great global vaccine race
Theday.co.uk ^ | Monday, 19 October 2020

Posted on 10/18/2020 7:35:34 PM PDT by cba123

Is liberal democracy going to be the biggest Covid victim? Russia and China have shunned safety to surge ahead in the search for a vaccine, reigniting old battles between East and West.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid
In a gloomy doctor’s office in central Moscow, the patient winced as he watched the nurse prepare the syringe.

But within seconds, the jab was over. As he stepped out into the cold October sunshine, a long queue snaked down the street.

This is Sputnik V: Russia’s flagship coronavirus vaccine and, as of August, the first to be registered anywhere in the world.

It was a big win for the Kremlin: ever since Covid-19 first appeared in China at the end of last year, scientists all across the globe have been racing to find a vaccine.

Some nations are moving faster than others. China has already inoculated hundreds of thousands of its citizens, and plans to distribute experimental vaccines to thousands more.

Outside observers are looking on in horror. It normally takes up to a decade to produce and approve a vaccine, but Russia and China have squeezed the process into months. Scientists have no idea if the vaccines are safe, or even if they work at all – Sputnik V was tested on just 76 people before it was approved by President Putin.

“It is a dangerous bet that could backfire,” says ...

(Caption on the article, mentions 2,000 have now received the innoculation, in Russia)

1 posted on 10/18/2020 7:35:34 PM PDT by cba123
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To: cba123

https://theday.co.uk/stories/tensions-rise-in-great-global-vaccine-race


2 posted on 10/18/2020 7:36:18 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam)
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China reverse engineered their weapon.


3 posted on 10/18/2020 7:40:54 PM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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Bad idea for Russia to have anything to do with China.


4 posted on 10/18/2020 7:47:43 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: AFB-XYZ

I don’t think they did.

The article drew a parallel, is all I saw.


5 posted on 10/18/2020 8:09:52 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam)
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To: cba123

The vaccine industry is evil.

Look at the worldwide sharks waiting to feast on humanity

Do they care if they kill you ? Not at all

Do they care if the harm you terribly. ? Not at all

They just need want GOVERNMENT APPROVALS AND MANDATES

DO NOT LET THEM
INJECT ANYTHING IN YOU. WITHOUT CONSENT


6 posted on 10/18/2020 8:16:35 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump Pence II! Save America again)
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“Scientists have no idea if the vaccines are safe, or even if they work at all”

That is flat out BS.

They have measured the antibodies produced in response to the vaccine, and know its demonstrable effect.

Safety is a matter of risk. Clearly, there has not been significant early problems with this vaccine. Problems might develop in years to come, but it is a judgement as when it is long enough to monitor reactions, before declaring it safe enough.


7 posted on 10/18/2020 8:23:25 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Every medicine has side effects


8 posted on 10/18/2020 8:52:53 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: AFB-XYZ

They are allies.


9 posted on 10/18/2020 9:58:36 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: kaktuskid
Every vaccine kills some people. New vaccines have little track record so the odds are completely unknown. Even with proven-safe vaccines, people still have a higher chance of death than they do winning the lotto. Place your bets, but don't let any bureaucrat place them for you.
10 posted on 10/18/2020 11:28:33 PM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: kaktuskid

Gate soros and fauci are happy


11 posted on 10/19/2020 2:31:00 AM PDT by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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N.W.O be like:

It's for your own good. Get the vaccine. Wear the mask. Do not think, just comply. Make an impact. Your extermination is for the greater good. You don't have to like it, you do have to comply.

And then NWO be like: "Sig Heil!"

Naziism never really died, it just changed its name to Democrat.

12 posted on 10/19/2020 4:32:13 AM PDT by ChuckR163 (http://qanon.pub)
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