Posted on 01/07/2021 11:17:57 AM PST by SeekAndFind
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech was 78% effective in a late-stage Brazilian trial and entirely prevented severe cases, a source said on Thursday, boosting Chinese efforts to catch up with Western vaccine makers.
The reported results, closely watched by developing countries counting on the vaccine to begin mass inoculations, come after Turkish researchers said in December that the vaccine showed 91.25% efficacy based on interim data.
Brazil and Indonesia, which have the most COVID-19 cases in Latin America and Southeast Asia respectively, are preparing to roll out the vaccine, called CoronaVac, this month.
Although CoronaVac's efficacy trails the more than 90% success rate of vaccines from Moderna Inc or Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech SE, it is easier to transport and can be stored at normal refrigerator temperatures.
Turkey, Chile, Singapore, Ukraine and Thailand have also struck supply deals with Sinovac.
The company's Brazilian partner, biomedical center Butantan, presented the efficacy data to federal health regulator Anvisa and sought approval for emergency use of the vaccine in a Thursday meeting, according to a person familiar with the study who spoke anonymously because the data remains confidential.
Anvisa and Butantan declined to comment on the efficacy data or conclusions from the meeting. The Sao Paulo state government, which runs the Butantan Institute, planned a news conference at 12:45 p.m. (1545 GMT) to discuss the results.
The findings, first reported by newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, are based on study led by Butantan involving about 13,000 volunteers, with half receiving a placebo and half taking the two-dose vaccine.
Brazil's CoronaVac trial included elderly volunteers, unlike other studies of the vaccine, and was the first to present final efficacy data. None of those who received the vaccine had severe or moderate cases requiring hospitalization, the source said.
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I don’t think I’ll be taking any vaccine made in Red China these days.
It might turn me into a limp-wristed Soro/Socialist.
Brazil ain’t too smart there, huh. Let’s see, China infects the world and now sends out their vaccine.
Guess you could always get Fauci and Gates’ mRNA-1273 vaccine they presented at Event 201 which was way back in October of... wait for it.... 2019 right before we were aware of covid. It’s all about the timing.
A vaccine for a virus with a 99.9% survival rate only has real value to the old and infirm. Healthy people really don’t need to give a shit. Americans are tired of the totalitarian lockdowns, the forced mask virtue signaling, and screaming hypochondriacs.
The company Moderna created the mRNA-1273 vaccine with work beginning January 13th 2020 (mRNA sequence finalized) and the initial prototype completed February 7th 2020. https://www.modernatx.com/modernas-work-potential-vaccine-against-covid-19
Do you have evidence that demonstrates this existed in October 2019?
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