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SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 02:10 AM Aug 2020

Most Russians Say 'Hell, No!' They're Not Taking Putin's COVID-19 Vaccine

Epidemiologists, pharmacologists, and doctors in Russia have responded to the alleged breakthrough with skepticism, and they certainly aren’t lining up to be injected first.

Russian scientists plan to start the final stage of the trials on Monday, planning to begin the mass vaccination in October. Siberian scientists in the city of Novosibirsk are offering thousands of volunteers $1,997 for giving the vaccine a try, Znak news website reports. That is a lot of money for Novosibirsk, where the average monthly wage is $519.

The research looked a lot like a secret military operation from the start. The vaccine, created by a team of experts from the Russian Defense Ministry and the Gamaleya Institute, is called Sputnik V, in honor of the Cold War-era space-race winning satellite, which has also given its name to one of Russia’s leading state-operated propaganda news sites.

Leading epidemiologists and a trade group for medical experiments, the Russian Association of Clinical Trials, publicly urged the Kremlin to delay the vaccine’s registration, but they were ignored. Some scientists warned that it was possible Sputnik V could even make the disease more virulent in those who have been vaccinated.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-say-hell-no-theyre-not-taking-putins-covid-19-vaccine?ref=home

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Most Russians Say 'Hell, No!' They're Not Taking Putin's COVID-19 Vaccine (Original Post) SunSeeker Aug 2020 OP
Pillow guy oleander? SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
Nyet! SunSeeker Aug 2020 #2
Russians are used to this kind of thing. They'll cheer, but none of them believe it. DFW Aug 2020 #3
The Russian people know that pooty-poot's a poisonny little prick Cirque du So-What Aug 2020 #4

DFW

(54,050 posts)
3. Russians are used to this kind of thing. They'll cheer, but none of them believe it.
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 02:39 AM
Aug 2020

Since the Tsarist era, Russians are used to their leadership lying to them about most anything. Tell them Putin was lying about the vaccine, and many Russians will just answer, "well, of course he was. So? Tell me something I don't know."

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
4. The Russian people know that pooty-poot's a poisonny little prick
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 05:35 AM
Aug 2020

They want no part of this - even if bribed handsomely.

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