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2021-04-04 Science & Technology
The Strange Sinovac Vaccine Phenomenon: Countries Report Increased Cases After Using Vaccine
h/t Instapundit
[Epoch Times] - The Hong Kong government recently rolled out a large-scale vaccination plan against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as COVID-19, but it’s been mired by frequent reports of serious adverse reactions. In just one month, 13 people died in Hong Kong after being inoculated, 11 of whom had been injected with the Sinovac vaccine, a Chinese domestically made vaccine.

The CCP has not reported a single case of serious side effects or death after it announced the administering of 100 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine in China on March 28.

But there are four strange phenomena of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine, analyzed as follows.

No Deaths Reported in China

...CCP’s National Health Commission announced on March 28 that more than 100 million doses of its domestic vaccines had been administered in China, but it did not report any deaths or serious side effects. At the same time, however, any comments about the adverse effects of the vaccines are quickly deleted from China’s internet.

Outbreak Intensifies in Countries Using Sinovac Vaccines
...In the United States and Israel, where the BioNTech [Pfizer] vaccine was also chosen as the main vaccine, the epidemic also slowed down significantly after vaccination.

However, the number of confirmed cases in Chile, Turkey, and Pakistan, which chose to receive the Chinese Sinovac vaccine, has increased.

Chile administered nearly 9 million doses of the Sinovac vaccines in February, with an average of 47 doses per 100 people, making it the country with the highest vaccination rate in South America. However, the number of positive test results recorded in Chile rose instead of fell, and a new high of 7,626 cases was recorded in a single day on March 26, leading to a tight supply of hospital beds and a recent lockdown of the capital city of Santiago.

Turkey started to administer Sinovac vaccines in mid-January and at least eight million people have been injected with the vaccine, accounting for more than 10 percent of the population. But their case numbers also rebounded in late February, with 37,303 new cases recorded on March 30, the highest single-day figure since the outbreak on March 11 last year. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on April 2 that there would be a curfew during the weekends throughout the month of Ramadan.

In addition, Pakistan, which has been using the Chinese vaccine since early February, is now experiencing a third wave of the pandemic, with the national positivity ratio rising to 11 percent, the highest level since the outbreak. More than 20 cities have been "closed" due to the severity of the outbreak.

Adverse Reaction Rate Similar to Placebo

At present, the Sinovac vaccine has only released clinical study data for Phase I and Phase II, and the relevant data show that the rate of adverse reactions is only about 20 percent, a lower figure than other vaccines. Dr. Dong Yuhong, a European virologist and chief scientific officer in a Swiss Biotech company, said that, from an academic point of view, there are two questionable points about the Sinovac data (pdf).

First, in various other COVID-19 vaccines, the ratio of side effects in the vaccination group is usually significantly higher than that in the placebo group. But the ratio of side effects post-vaccination of Sinovac was similar to that of the placebo injection. Some side effects were even lower in the vaccination group than in the placebo group.
I'm sure it's merely a coincidence.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-04-04 13:16|| || Front Page|| [15 views ]  Top

#1 Cost containment.
They're reusing needles.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-04-04 18:22||   2021-04-04 18:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like if you want to get a vax, the US Pfizer vaccine is the one to get.
Posted by These Forkbeard7574 2021-04-04 19:45||   2021-04-04 19:45|| Front Page Top

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