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Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has 92% efficacy in trial
BBC ^ | February 2, 2021 | Rachel Schraer

Posted on 02/02/2021 7:03:36 AM PST by Stravinsky

It has also been deemed to be safe - and offer complete protection against hospitalisation and death.

The vaccine was initially met with some controversy after being rolled out before the final trial data had been released.

But scientists said its benefit has now been demonstrated.

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The Sputnik vaccine works in a similar way to the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab developed in the UK, and the Janssen vaccine developed in Belgium.

It uses a cold-type virus, engineered to be harmless, as a carrier to deliver a small fragment of the coronavirus to the body.

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But unlike other similar vaccines, the Sputnik jab uses two slightly different versions of the vaccine for the first and second dose - given 21 days apart.

They both target the coronavirus's distinctive "spike", but use different vectors - the neutralised virus that carries the spike to the body.

The idea is that using two different formulas boosts the immune system even more than using the same version twice - and may give longer-lasting protection.

As well as proving effective, it was also safe with no serious reactions linked to the vaccine during the trial.

Some side effects to a vaccine are expected but these are usually mild, including a sore arm, tiredness and a bit of a temperature.

And there were no deaths or serious illness in the vaccinated group linked to the jab.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid; covid19; russia; vaccine
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1 posted on 02/02/2021 7:03:36 AM PST by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

In Soviet Russia, Sputnik Vaccine take YOU.


2 posted on 02/02/2021 7:06:58 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Stravinsky

for an infection that is only 99% lethal...

go figure.

t


3 posted on 02/02/2021 7:15:59 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: Stravinsky

The V is for Vodka.


4 posted on 02/02/2021 7:16:59 AM PST by twister881
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To: teeman8r

99% lethal...?........................


5 posted on 02/02/2021 7:17:44 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: Stravinsky
Some side effects to a vaccine are expected but these are usually mild, including a sore arm, tiredness and a bit of a temperature. And there were no deaths or serious illness in the vaccinated group linked to the jab.

That's nice, but it's a fairly short range study.

6 posted on 02/02/2021 7:19:15 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Stravinsky

The pharma industry is one of the most nationally protected (i.e. no real fair trade or competition) across national borders in many cases.


7 posted on 02/02/2021 7:19:43 AM PST by Red6
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To: Stravinsky

Verified by who? The Russians? I don’t think so.


8 posted on 02/02/2021 7:19:58 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Stravinsky

Another article with more detail: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/study-russias-sputnik-v-vaccine-appears-safe-effective/ar-BB1djJcr


9 posted on 02/02/2021 7:24:13 AM PST by Stravinsky
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To: MinorityRepublican
Verified by who? The Russians? I don’t think so.

Would you trust Fauci more?

10 posted on 02/02/2021 7:28:41 AM PST by null and void (Since I'm a punster, a jokester, and a well rounded funny guy, my personal pronoun is "He He")
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To: Stravinsky
Honest Question:

What have Bill Gates and Fauci done to deserve your trust any more than Russia?
11 posted on 02/02/2021 7:29:39 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: null and void

I’m sure this will be dismissed by those who think Russia can’t do anything right, but yeah, this news is legit.

From the article I linked in post 9: “Researchers say, based on their trial that involved about 20,000 people in Russia last fall, the vaccine is about 91% effective and appears to prevent people from becoming severely ill with COVID-19. The study was published online Tuesday in the journal The Lancet.

Scientists not linked to the research acknowledged that the speed at which the Russia vaccine was made and rolled out was criticized for “unseemly haste, corner cutting and an absence of transparency.”

“But the outcome reported here is clear,” British scientists Ian Jones and Polly Roy wrote in an accompanying commentary. “Another vaccine can now join the fight to reduce the incidence of COVID-19.””


12 posted on 02/02/2021 7:33:07 AM PST by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

I trust the Russians more than I would ever trust Fauci.


13 posted on 02/02/2021 7:44:55 AM PST by null and void (Since I'm a punster, a jokester, and a well rounded funny guy, my personal pronoun is "He He")
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Not threaten nuclear annihilation of America.


14 posted on 02/02/2021 7:46:03 AM PST by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Honest Question:

What have Bill Gates and Fauci done to deserve your trust any more than Russia?

↑↑↑THIS!↑↑↑

15 posted on 02/02/2021 7:46:05 AM PST by null and void (Since I'm a punster, a jokester, and a well rounded funny guy, my personal pronoun is "He He")
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To: MinorityRepublican
This vaccine is legit. The company that makes it has extensive experience in adenovirus-vectored vaccines, including one of the first effective Ebola vaccines and an effective SARS vaccine.

This was a full scale clinical trial, with results published in Lancet. Several major countries are producing and administering this vaccine.

I was holding out hope for the J&J vaccine, but after seeing its poor numbers, I'm going to wait and get Sputnik V in Russia in June.

16 posted on 02/02/2021 7:58:04 AM PST by billakay
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
At least Putin desires life and increased population for the Russian People...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51120165

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/10/27/putin-orders-government-to-improve-abortion-prevention-efforts-a71865
17 posted on 02/02/2021 8:05:49 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Red Badger

oops...

non lethal.

thanks for the catch.

t


18 posted on 02/02/2021 8:23:45 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: Stravinsky

But it makes you dance like a Cossack.


19 posted on 02/02/2021 8:44:02 AM PST by View from the Cheap Seats
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To: Stravinsky
"It has also been deemed to be safe"

By the same Russian company that developed it and had previously published fictitious data.

Russia’s claim of a successful COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t pass the ‘smell test,’ critics say...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02619-4

20 posted on 02/02/2021 9:24:06 AM PST by tlozo
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