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COVID: Cuba approves emergency use of own Abdala vaccine
Deutsche Welle ^ | 07.09.2021 | tj/rt (AFP, Reuters)

Posted on 07/09/2021 10:32:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Cuba on Friday approved its homemade Abdala coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.

The communist country is the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to successfully develop a coronavirus vaccine.

The Cuban health regulator, CECMED, approved the shot after the manufacturers announced last month that their vaccine was more than 92% effective against COVID-19 infections when three doses were given.

The Abdala vaccine is one of a total of five candidate vaccines in Cuba, according to authorities there. Another, the two-dose Soberana 2, is also expected to be soon authorized for emergency use by CECMED.

Both vaccines are then to be sent up for approval to the World Health Organization. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: abdala; covid; cuba; vaccine
Will Michael Moore get the Abdala shot?
1 posted on 07/09/2021 10:32:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I hate to say it, but it wouldn’t shock me if the damned Cuban vax is safer than what they’re pushing here since it’s a traditional vax instead of mRNA gene therapy.


2 posted on 07/09/2021 10:48:05 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

Sounds more like the johnson and johnson version.

Find it ironic that they’re going to ... SELL it... to other countries...

How capitalist of them.


3 posted on 07/09/2021 11:15:08 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Skywise

Nah, just a throwback to Lenin’s New Economic Policy.


4 posted on 07/09/2021 11:24:26 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: irishjuggler
I would never go that far. I would call them equally dangerous.
5 posted on 07/09/2021 11:24:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

This sounds like a horrible idea


6 posted on 07/10/2021 9:37:28 AM PDT by ready2brd
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To: Olog-hai

‘We Are Not Afraid’: Thousands Of People Protesting On The Streets Of Cuba
WFOR-TV CBS 4, Miami, FL ^ | July 11, 2021 | CBSMiami.com Team
Posted on 7/11/2021, 3:54:57 PM by GreenLanternCorps

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Chanting “we are not afraid,” thousands of Cubans took to the streets Sunday to demand the end of the communist dictatorship.

The COVID crisis has only exacerbated the unrest on the island nation, which is why protesters also called for food and vaccines.

(Excerpt) Read more at miami.cbslocal.com ...

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3975256/posts


7 posted on 07/11/2021 4:42:31 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (“Respond only to polite and intelligent posters! Who don’t insult you or us! Forget the others!”)
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