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- Coronavirus Vaccine. CNN: Putin says they have the world’s first vaccine, but there are safety concerns
- Coronavirus Vaccine. The Washington Post: Our Country says the vaccine is a breakthrough even though testing has not ended
- Coronavirus Vaccine. «Time»: Our Country registers the vaccine despite international skepticism
- Coronavirus Vaccine. Bloomberg: That’s Pandora’s box
- Coronavirus Vaccine. BBC: Experts believe there will be a vaccine in mid-2021
- Coronavirus Vaccine. NBC News: Putin claims he has a vaccine but gives no evidence
World public opinion was electrified today by news from Our Country – President Vladimir Putin announced that they have an effective vaccine against the coronavirus. The world watches the news from Moscow suspiciously. Skepticism and fears dominate among experts that Our Country has cut corners and missed the crucial phase of vaccine testing. We check how the information from Our Country is commented on by the media from all over the world.
- We checked what the media around the world wrote about the coronavirus vaccine
- Most world titles express concerns about the safety of the vaccine. Experts say Moscow missed an important stage of clinical trials
- The comments contain comparisons of the race for the COVID-19 vaccine with the space race between the Soviet Union and the USA in the 50s.
CNN in its report emphasizes that Our Country has not released any scientific data on vaccine testing.
“CNN is unable to verify information as to whether the vaccine is safe and effective according to claims” – we read on the website.
The station takes note of the opinions of many experts who suggest that Our Country has omitted some important steps in the vaccine development process. So there are concerns as to whether this measure will be safe.
“Critics say Our Country’s rush for the vaccine is due to political pressure from the Kremlin to show Our Country as a global scientific force,” reports CNN.
- Learn more: What is known about the COVID-19 vaccine
The Washington Post highlights the name of the vaccine, Sputnik-V.
“It is a reference to the first satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. This event gave rise to a global space race. The name of the vaccine is a sign that Putin is treating the race for the vaccine as a point of national honor, ”the article reads.
J. Stephen Morrison from the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the USA speaks in the text of the prestigious journal.
— Putin needs to win, so he changes the rules of the game and takes shortcuts. The reference to Sputnik suggests a return to the heyday of science and starts the propaganda machine. I think it could backfire, says the expert.
Like other media, the American daily also cites the voices of experts who fear that Our Country has “skipped” the vaccine tests on a large scale. It is this phase of clinical trials that is key to determining whether protection against COVID-19 is safe and effective.
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«Few details of the tests by the Gamaley Institute (supervising the vaccine development – editor’s note) have been made public. The Ministry of Health did not respond to a request for comment sent by the editorial office»- we read on the website. Most of the information about the vaccine is obtained by external experts only “second-hand”, not published medical studies.
The Washington Post calls the Kremlin’s actions an “aggressive strategy”: “Being a leader in the race for a vaccine is a way for Our Country to increase its geopolitical strength”.
What does Time magazine say about the vaccine?
“Being the first country to develop a vaccine is a matter of prestige for the Kremlin that wants to perpetuate Our Country’s image as a world power,” reads the website.
Vladimir Putin’s speech is perceived as a political game. Our Country wants to show its superiority over other countries that are also working intensively on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Bloomberg, citing the opinion of the Association of Clinical Trials Organizations (ACTO), which represents entities conducting international clinical trials in Our Country, writes that Our Country’s pressure to approve the vaccine for use before clinical trials are completed may put people at risk.
– Why do all companies follow the rules and companies do not? – asks rhetorically Svetlana Zavidova, executive director of ACTO, who expresses herself in the text. – The rules for conducting clinical trials are “written in blood”, they must not be broken. This vaccine is like Pandora’s box – it is not known what will happen to people who are injected with the untested vaccine.
The article also includes the position of the World Health Organization, which has been stressing for months that vaccines must pass all stages of testing before they are licensed for production.
By informing about Putin’s speech, the BBC reminds that the vaccine is not on the list of six WHO preparations that have passed the third phase of research, consisting in extensive tests on humans.
The station also cites the opinion of many experts that Despite the rapid progress made in the development of the vaccine, it will not be widely available until mid-2021.
The American station NBC News draws attention to the name of the vaccine, which is clearly associated with the Cold War period, i.e. the rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States in the conquest of space.
The article on their website reads: “Our Country has bypassed the third phase of clinical trials, which means it will test the vaccine live”.
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