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© Thomson Reuters 2021.No Chinese vaccines to be taken by Team Japan, minister says
By Chris Gallagher TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Oxycodin
It’s good ideas for a change that Japan denied China
Robert Cikki
I wonder, if and probably when Japanese citizens start going abroad for their vaccinations. Right now, at least for many EU countries, many Japanese spouses of foreign residents are eligible. Not sure if all or just some, but doesn't matter too much with EHIC.
Because it'll take at least a year, if not much more, to have our citizens vaccinated (those who want).
Bjorn Tomention
Smart Move !
Boycott China !!
Michael Machida
I say NO to drugs and anything made in China!
gakinotsukai
I can imagine russian "vaccines" EPO-based for Olympics :D
JeffLee
That's not what I wanted to hear.
dagon
Yes the Japanese pandemic activity management strategy. No eating or drinking outside after 8PM, even after exhausting yourself at your event. Stay inside, do not talk talk to people from other countries, foreigners are dangerous spreaders; just compete, exhibit yourself and then cocoon.
robert maes
Finally, a decision i can agree with on the olympics
Strangerland
Or take any drugs at all I think. Aren't the overwhelming majority of the world's drugs made in China? Or just America's?
Robert Cikki
Well, good luck with that. Your phone, PC, TV, radio. Chips inside are most likely made in China. Capacitors, resistors, PCBs. It comes down even to things like cables to your electric kettle, cable isolation,... Heck, even colour used for your clothes colouring.
OssanAmerica
That's how it's been for the last two decades. Let's hope 2020 will bring an end to it.
TARA TAN KITAOKA
Why???
Eyeblack
Yes, be careful. And certainly nothing from China, please oh please boycott China.
garypen
They should be proceeding on the assumption that vaccinations will be required to participate in the games, along with negative test results.
Or, were they planning on offering discount travel vouchers to the athletes instead?
Jim
Once again the IOC President and the Tokyo Olympic officials don’t seem to have their stories aligned. Seems like they simply don’t communicate with each other, make new rules / strategies and release statements without actually agreeing on it! Both organizations are poorly run and corrupt to the core!
Bjorn Tomention
Dump the olympics and bach
Thomas Tank
Yes. We've had enough of China's medical "contributions" to society.
CaptDingleheimer
This type of behavior is unbecoming of a member of the East Asian Economic Bloc, and moreover undiplomatic.
I personally took the Chinese version lof the vaccine last week and there are absorutelry ZERO side effect... I got my shot aftah easy tewafone call, good deal you call too you get shot no pwahblem you call now get free small order of wonton soup I got 福建speshole pwice炒飯for駌鴦炒飯you!
kaimycahl
China has already supplied the world with a drug called Covid!!!
Fighto!
Well done Suga Cabinet. Standing up to Communist China.
Hopefully other nations will stand tough like Japan.
Raw Beer
The Chinese vaccine is more of a traditional vaccine and has some advantages (i.e., not focusing on only one protein), but it's from China so I wouldn't trust it...
Samit Basu
The question would be what about athletes and team officials from 3rd world countries who arrive in Japan unvaccinated? While most of first world countries would have vaccinated their team members well before arrival in Japan, vaccine is not readily accessible in 3rd world countries.
So do unvaccinated athletes and team officials who arrive in Japan get vaccinated with Chinese vaccine, or will Japan kindly divert its precious Pfizer vaccine to incoming athletes?
virusrex
Not focusing on only one protein is not an advantage, because noantibodies against any of the other proteins have demonstrated being neutralizing, so it would be at best useless, and at worst it would represent an increased risk of producing negative side effects like autoimmunity (that fortunately have not been observed).
That is why it is so important that clinical trials are conducted with at least the same degree of transparency as the vaccines developed in the west.
bob
But I think we can all agree that China being the most evil, duplicitous country on earth would never do that.
Right?
kaimycahl
Looking at the picture the stuff animal looks more sincere and happy to be there!
Texas A&M Aggie
If Japan is having a difficult time securing the vaccine from other nations and the IOC welcomes China's offer, then The JOC needs to agree to have its athletes get the jab of the Chinese variant.
theFu
This is an incorrect statement take from a right-wing summary of a summary that was meant to scare US Congress in the fall of 2019 to look at the problem.
Turns out that the US FDA doesn't track were ingredients or final drugs come from, so there isn't any real factual data.
The most correct information about America's drug supply chain from the GAO says:
Further,
For WHO essential medicines, the production are still very diverse.
Based on these FACTS, no, China does not product most of the drugs used in the US.
However, China does produce the only sources for capreomycin, streptomycin, and sulfadiazine. These are used mainly to treat tuberculosis and trachoma.
Seems an incorrect, misquoted story in *The Atlantic** *could be behind some of the confusion.
lostrune2
AFAIK China hasn't yet published their clinical results on legit peer-reviewed publications
Peeping_Tom
"Why???"
Don't you worry.
You are still free to take it though, as Japan will not be too concerned about your preference.
Why wait till breakfast?
Boku Dayo
Sure, I'd like to say "BOYCOTT CHINA", but that's hardly practical in these times.
Don't get me wrong. I'm no fan of the PRC or the CCP. So, what I suggest (and practice in reality), is
"BUY LESS FROM CHINA".
Every less Yen (or Dollar) you spend on Chinese junk, every less Chinese product you use, the better it is for the rest of the world.
Every tiny bit of effort counts.