Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Alex_The_Hedgehog]

JRPGfan said:

Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

That's good. Here in Brazil we have CoronaVac (From China) and Oxford (From India) and we are waiting for the Sputnik V (Russia).

It looks like a lot, but Brazil is a very large country and the population is huge, so we need an insane amount of doses in order to vaccinate everybody at the risk group.

As if things weren't complicated enough, some people are "cheating" the system to be vaccinated ahead of people at the risk group.

How good are those versions? China's and India's?
Out of those 3, ironically I think I'd trust the russian version the most.
(I've seen a video with Dr John Campbell going over the study data from Sputnik V)

There are a bunch of people in Brazil that still doesn't trust the CoronaVac (China). This got worse after some tests revealed that it's efficacy against the COVID is close to 50%. Still, the brazilian institute that is working with China says that it's safe and it works after two doses. I don't know, I think I trust the Oxford (India) the most.

I remember the news in Brazil saying that the Sputnik V was one of the most efficient against the virus, but it requires to be stored at really cold temperatures to maintain the efficacy.

Brazil has almost 240.000 deaths and close to 10.000.000 confirmed cases, so I hope the vaccines help us to recover, it doesn't matter where it comes from.