Originally Posted by
EmpressRouge
Not only not as effective, but the great vaccination campaign was, what, 18 months ago? Any effectiveness would have dwindled by now.
I'm not trying to defend the PRC here or anything else, but I recall this story from the Economist. With the usual caveats that I'm not a doctor/scientist nor can assure that the venerable publication hasn't been unduly influenced by the CCP, it does, at least, offer some hope that there is an element of protection similar to the mRNAs we've used in the West. Also, in my view, a more important focus isn't eliminating transmissibility, but rather allowing the inevitable spread to be adequately managed. In other words, we just need to reduce this to something we can live with, not unlike the seasonal flu. And, thus far, there is considerable evidence here in the West that these vaccines should be able to accomplish just that.
Of course, I'm not suggesting how the PRC or the Chinese people should handle this once in a lifetime pandemic, but after three years of this pro-longed suffering, I suspect we all just want to find an acceptable way to move forward, and return to living life and enjoying prosperity.
A study by the University of Hong Kong has for the first time compared the effectiveness of China’s Sinovac vaccine with the mRNA vaccine developed by BioNTech against the Omicron variant of the virus (made with Pfizer in most countries, and Fusan Pharma in Hong Kong). Both vaccines work: at three doses they were estimated to offer over 90% protection against severe disease and death across all age groups.
https://www.economist.com/graphic-de...s-mrna-vaccine
The above article dated April 19, 2022 is behind a paywall, I believe, but I do have a subscription.