Russian Covid Vaccine

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Anyone signing up for the clinical trials?
"So what is this vaccine candidate, anyway? It’s being developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute, and it’s reported to be a mixture of two adenovirus vectors, Ad5 and Ad26. I’m still not sure what the idea behind giving both of those might be, but those two approaches are of course being used separately by other vaccine developers. The Gamaleya folks seem to like these mixed-vector vaccines – here’s a VSV/Ad5 Ebola candidate they were working on. Overall, the idea behind the vaccine doesn’t seem to be bizarre at all, though – just the development timelines."

 

[LeeLemonoil]

It sounds safer than mRNA-vaccines.

Don’t know what is the motivation behind this quick release. Gaining money? Prestige? Or thwarting the Gates-Plans?

 

[snacks]

Don’t know what is the motivation behind this quick release. Gaining money? Prestige? Or thwarting the Gates-Plans?

every research-focused medical team in the world wants to be known for something. Russians are no different. Also given that the CIA peddled heroin and other opiates during glasnost I don't think that putin is very happy with the prospect of letting americans/europeans import what they want into Russia. I'm also concerned about the timeline and frankly won't be taking this vaccine but it's not like coronaviruses are especially new or especially difficult to treat so I don't think it's out of the question

 

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Russia to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials on 40,000 people next week