The Director of the High Blood Pressure Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Oscar Cingolani, referred to the vaccine efficacy, amid “great secrecy” from China on the Sinovac and Sinopharm compounds. In dialogue with Maria Laura Santillán on “CNN morning” for CNN Radio said “Vaccines have lost their effectiveness because viral circulation is different”.
“There is great secrecy about the Chinese vaccine”, assured the scientist when consulted by the unknown efficacy of Sinovac compound, with which they inoculated much of the population in Chile and the ANMAT still does not authorize in Argentina.
The John Hopkins expert spoke of the consultations they made to Chinese scientists about technical studies that, he said, were not published in the scientific community, but they were sent to each regulatory entity in the countries: “In the Sinopharm clinical study in the United Arab Emirates, it was 80% effective five months ago”He added.
In this context, Cingolani warned that “viral circulation is different today and vaccines have lost their effectiveness”, Also in relation to the new variants of the coronavirus.
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In Brazil, a study was carried out in which it determined that the efficacy of the Chinese vaccine with the variant of Manaus now it is 50%, “which is less than the protection that other vaccines such as Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson or AstraZeneca have shown,” he warned.
About the mass vaccination in the United States, Oscar Cingolani recounted that on Saturday “4.6 million people were vaccinated and 3.2 million on Sunday ”, said the specialist.
In turn, he assured that in the midst of “a dizzying race to vaccinate most of the population”, the South African and Manaus variants are controlled, while the British, which increases transmissibility and lethality it is the one that the prestigious John Hopkins Center considers to be the one that “will predominate.”
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“Pfizer has just sent the approval of emergency use between 12 and 15 years,” he explained about the vaccination campaign in the United States, where more and more people are becoming aware of the importance of inoculating against the coronavirus. “We are seeing fewer cases in the United States”added the scientist.
“In states where there were not many preventive measures, mass vaccination has increased cases”Cingolani commented, referring specifically to Michigan where the British variant of COVID-19 predominates.
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The expert reiterated the lack of evidence on the effectiveness of chinese vaccines and included the Sputnik V such as those that produce neutralizing antibodies against coronavirus variants.
Finally, he analyzed that “We are seeing greater hospitalization of young people because it is the population that was not vaccinated”, So, finally, he reflected on the importance of being inoculated in a global context with community circulation of the new variants.
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