I will NEVER take a vaccine from Putin.

[Dawson Leery]

I certainly don't trust it. Do you?

[grumpyduck]

1. As long as it doesn't smell like bitter almonds...

[Baked Potato]

9. That would be the "Classic" version...

[monmouth4]

2. Let trumpy take it first..n/t

[samnsara]

3. there are 2 public figures i trust and i will take the same vaccine they do..and when they do...

[HotTeaBag]

4. If it's tested and proven safe I most certainly would take the vaccine.

But it doesn't appear that it will ever get to the 'proven safe and effective' stage.

[FM123]

5. Nope. I wouldn't take a Tic-Tac from putin....

[dalton99a]

6. O ye of little faith

"It is unclear precisely what is actually happening with the Russian vaccine," Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health at the University of Southampton in the UK, told the Science Medical Centre.

"It is vital that any vaccine roll-out has the confidence of the general public, and that there is good communication of the level of effectiveness and any likely side effects. At this point in time, there is no data on the Russian-led vaccine for the global health community to scrutinize."

Danny Altmann, Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London, told the Science Media Centre there were concerns about releasing a vaccine before it was fully tested.

"The bar is necessarily set very high for criteria that must be satisfied for approval after Phase 3 clinical trials," Altmann said. "The collateral damage from release of any vaccine that was less than safe and effective would exacerbate our current problems insurmountably. I hope these criteria have been followed. We are all in this together."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/europe/russia-coronavirus-vaccine-putin-intl/index.html

[LisaL]

7. There is no danger of that unless you move to Russia.

You won't be able to get Russian vaccine in the US.

[Claustrum]

10. Well, until Trump approves a trillion dollar program to buy the vaccines from Putin

I know it doesn't sound possible right now. But I don't rule out anything in the Trump era.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Same. Nor, will I take one from Trump.

No fucking way in hell.

[MoonRiver]

11. Neither will I.

Vlad and Chump are so transparent in their grifting.

[Amishman]

12. I'll take any vaccine vetted by the CDC, ECDC, and WHO

Which I'm sure will rule out Russian magic beans

[still_one]

13. It won't be offered to us. I suspect the vaccine will be effective though. It seems to be similar

to the Moderna model

The question will be how effective is it

[LisaL]

14. It's not similar to Moderna.

Moderna has an RNA vaccine, which is a novel one. Russia has a traditional vaccine.

[still_one]

16. I haven't seen what it was based on, only heard on Bloomberg that it requires a booster

thanks for the information

[customerserviceguy]

15. My theory on this

Trump's gang has been saying that a vaccine will be available before the end of the year, which is close enough to the election. Putin's announcement is to reduce skepticism about that. I mean, if Russia's already got a vaccine, why wouldn't we have one, too? After all, Russia did get the first human into space, after getting the first satellite in orbit.

It could all be a hoax on Putin's part to help his puppet, as well as quelling tensions at home over the virus.