China's vaccines cause concern, "Let the leaders fight first" became a buzzword

Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Fan Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/12/31/a103021357.html / Direct translation

The safety and effectiveness of the CCP virus vaccine produced in China have been questioned by the outside world. A survey shows that the Chinese government agencies and medical staff have a negative attitude towards vaccination in China. For this reason, some experts proposed that the vaccine "let the leaders fight first," but unexpectedly it detonated the Internet and became a buzzword in mainland China.

The epidemic in mainland China has spread rapidly, and the official plan is to vaccinate a large area in China, but the response from the people is cold. Recently, an emergency notice of vaccination in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province was posted online, showing that none of the local CCP government officials signed up.

Shanghai conducted a similar investigation in November, and it turned out that medical staff were reluctant to receive Chinese vaccines. Among them, more than 90% of medical staff in Yangpu District Chinese Medicine Hospital refused to receive Chinese vaccines.

On December 22, Professor Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, expressed his personal views on the refusal of the Chinese vaccine by medical staff at a meeting.

Zhang Wenhong said, "Whether you have 10% vaccination or 20% vaccination, we are not in a hurry."

He also bluntly said, "Then who should fight first today? I personally think that the leading cadres must fight first."

Zhang Wenhong's suggestion that the vaccine "let the leaders fight first" triggered heated discussions among netizens and became a buzzword on the mainland. Some netizens joked: "The vaccine must be vaccinated for high-risk groups first, and ordinary people can go a little later."

Li Datong, former editor of Freezing Point magazine of China Youth Daily, told VOA: "China's vaccine information is too opaque. How many experiments have been conducted, what are the results of Phase I, Phase II and Phase III? What are the side effects? It is not transparent now, I don’t know. , Then who dares to fight?"

He said, "Zhang Wenhong was right. When should we fight? You can only fight when the leaders are finished."

Mr. Zhou, a resident of Anhui, said that it’s not necessarily useful if the leader fights first. It depends on which level of leadership is doing this demonstration: "It’s good to let the leader fight first, but it depends on what leader it is. County leaders? Provincial leaders? Or central leaders? We don't know this, right?"

The Yi Pao published a signed article "The Voice of the Chinese: Let the Leaders Get the Vaccine First" on December 24. The article pointed out that the reason why the call of "Let the Leaders Vaccine First" has been widely responded to by Chinese society. There are doubts about the safety of the vaccine.

Second, because CCP officials hold power and face risks, officials naturally let the people face it first, so the vaccine is naturally let the people fight first. People are worried about the safety of the vaccine and they are afraid of becoming a test product for the vaccine, so they hope that officials will be vaccinated first.

The article said, why is there no question of "who gets the vaccine first" in the United States? It is because the safety of scientific research and production of American vaccines is guaranteed, which reassures the American people. New York nurse Sandra. Lindsay was the first person in the United States to be vaccinated with Pfizer. US Vice President Pence and his wife also took the lead in vaccinating Pfizer.

The Voice of America reported that there are reasons for the outside world to worry about China's vaccines. In recent years, China's frequent "toxin vaccine" scandals have made China's vaccines lack credibility.

Mr. Zhou, an Anhui resident, said: “If I were to be vaccinated, I would definitely not be the first one, because this vaccine is not yet reliable and needs to be internationally recognized.” The public is still unclear whether the vaccine produced in China is a virulent vaccine.

According to an analysis by the New York Times, from 2018 to 2020, there were 59 corruption lawsuits involving Chinese vaccine companies, of which 54 involved bribery of local Chinese officials. Weak supervision has led to many "viral vaccines" flowing into the market, such as the rabies vaccine produced by Changchun Changsheng Biological in 2018, and 145 infants and young children in Jinhu County, Jiangsu Province received expired vaccines in 2019.

The Associated Press reported on December 25 that although there is no obvious reason to suspect that China’s vaccines are not working, China has a history of vaccine scandals. China’s pharmaceutical factories have not announced the final results of human trials of the Chinese virus vaccine, but they are used more than 1 million times in the name of emergency in the country.

The Japan Times also pointed out that China’s rapid development of a Chinese virus vaccine raises questions about its safety and reliability. The standards and safety measures used by Chinese R&D personnel lack transparency, and vaccines have been sent to various places for emergency use without the approval of regulatory agencies.

In response to many doubts about China's vaccines from the outside world, Zhong Nanshan, an epidemic prevention expert of the Communist Party of China, said bluntly in an interview with CCTV reporters on December 30 that Chinese vaccines must also be prevented. He also said, will he get infected after the vaccine? no one knows.