In China the use of unapproved COVID-19 vaccines is being pushed forward by Chinese government for the use on employees of state companies. With the ever growing concerns over Coronavirus and the continuously growing numbers globally, it makes sense as to why these vaccines seem to be popping up pretty rapidly. In this case the government is backing the unapproved vaccines by citing evidence of promising results in the clinical trials. While this article is somewhat dated with its last update coming in December, it is still an issue nonetheless as the globe hopes to turn the corner, or flatten the curve, of this deadly virus. This is a case of a government forcing out results in order to be the first, when in reality the world needs a vaccine that can be mass produced and is proven to be effective. While speed of creation was a necessity you cannot fight fire with fire here. By this I mean that without truly testing a vaccine and understanding what comes with taking the vaccine, you could just be creating a short term solution while creating another problem (i.e. side effects, long lasting effects, etc). As we have seen in recent months the access to a Vaccine is very limited with rollout efforts so time is of the essence, but quality is also key to truly stopping this Virus that is going on well over a year without slowing down.
Kolby Miller (Post #1)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/business/china-vaccine-coronavirus.html
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