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Mickelicious
I want to be alone with my thought.
Sven Asai
Leave me alone with your fake news, data and so-called vaccines.
justasking
So true. The obsession with guidelines and rules hinders scientific curiosity and research freedom. Here, the rules dictates what you can do. That's why we don't have companies like Facebook, Google, Tesla, SpaceX etc.
virusrex
Between experts nobody is expecting anything being developed in Japan for the current year. Government's upport is tiny while the fight with red tape is huge, just to be able to do preclinical trials months of paperwork and committee approvals are necessary. From that to go up to phase I, then phase II and eventually to get to phase III probably it would take up to 2022, by that time everybody would be already vaccinated so getting the tens of thousands people to run the trial becomes almost impossible (and to get enough of them to get the infection at that time so it can be proved as effective it would be more than impossible). So it would be better just to forget completely about it.
It may be developed anyway for the scientific advancement in general but by that time we will probably get the pandemic already under control or much better vaccines from overseas (more potent, cheaper, or with nasal spray application for example).
Japan became the land of the impossible for developing drugs and vaccines for human use, you should see how many Japanese researchers simply choose to go to the US to produce new things.
Jairam Amrith
What's very conspicuous by its absence is any mention of Japan's own vaccine , presumably still under development by AnGes and Osaka University. I have seen it mentioned in other forums recently, even mentioning status of trials, but a stunning silence from Japan Inc. Are they being cagey about it or is there some share market manipulation going on ?
i@n
Hahaha thanks for this
i@n
You should the article again and think some more @justasking
justasking
So silly of me to think that there are only 20,000 health workers in Japan. The initial 20,000 was for further study. No political will. Japan really just can't trust the millions of people who are already fully vaccinated.
Fanny Greene
Better late than never. Get on it.
The Avenger
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/pfizer/reactogenicity.html
The Avenger
https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2021/01/11/covid-19-vaccines-cant-alter-your-dna-heres-why/?sh=6abe85724911
dan
@kentarogaijin Don't dictate to us what we should do.
zatoizugoodo
My doctor literally laughed about the vaccine. Time to find a new doctor.
Yubaru
Not "come up with" but be able to produce it here. And yeah all about the "piece of pie".
If the world had to wait for Japanese pharma to come up with a viable vaccine, we'd all be dead!
PTownsend
It's not surprising to read anti-democracy nations like Russia and China have paid armies of keyboard warriors to pour fuel on fires in states with bits of democracy left, pit anti-vaxxers against democratic governments. And the question has to be asked: are Russia's keyboard warriors also attacking vaccines that compete for market share with their Sputnik V version?
George Townes
@Yubaru.
Great minds think alike.
As I was writing my response to the ludicrous claim by Penfold, you had posted your reply.
George Townes
Moderna has publicly stated these mRNA class of (so called) vaccines "may permanently alter Human DNA".
No, they haven't.
These false claims have been debunked again and again by real scientists.
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-genetic-idUSKBN29I30V
Those of us with common sense have read about the mRNA technology and how the past decade of research has led us to having real effective science backed vaccines in record time.
Yubaru
No they did not! This is cherry picked information! And anyone who passes along half-arsed info, just like twitter and FB, should have their posts removed!
You should be ashamed for passing along fake, counter productive information!
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-genetic-idUSKBN29I30V
Yubaru
Would have been one of those "egg on the face, Japan-style" moments if they HADN'T approved it.
Hell the shipment came in yesterday, and there was no way anyone would have said no.
proxy
@Penfold
Every virus infection, you have ever had in your life, has permanently altered your DNA.
Penfold
Moderna has publicly stated these mRNA class of (so called) vaccines "may permanently alter Human DNA".
Think I'll wait this one out!
PTownsend
Good. Frontline medical personnel first. They are heroes one and all.