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Epidemiologists, pharmacologists, and doctors in Russia have responded to the alleged breakthrough with skepticism, and they certainly arent 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 Russias 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 vaccines 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
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)Only MAGAts would be stupid enough to take that shit.
DFW
(54,050 posts)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)They want no part of this - even if bribed handsomely.