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Why isn't the Chinese vaccine approved for use in the US or the EU when the WHO has approved it? Why haven't we entertained the Russian version of the vaccine which was the first-to-market and apparently very effective? Why is the Russian vaccine still not approved for use in the EU, the USA or even by the WHO? Is this not a global crisis?! Are we actually following science or are we following politics here? Even though my own government has decided not to go with the first available vaccine, they tell me that "The best vaccine to take is the one in your arm". They also didn't follow the recommended dosage - they got 6 doses from each vial rather than the recommended 5 doses, then rather than waiting just 3 weeks between doses, they extended it to 16 weeks before the second shot to get more first doses into people until later when more vaccines arrived, they hastened the schedule but oh wait! The safe and effective AstraZeneca vaccine is causing blood clotting issues and deaths! They stopped using it altogether and then since the new shipments of the only two possibilities for approved vaccines left didn't match the number of first shots, they said we could get whichever vaccine we wanted for our second dose.
to be approved in US or EU, a drug or therapeutic agent has to apply to FDA or EMEA respectively, deposited by the firm or institution ready to commercialize it.
these agencies can separately approve or not, a full dossier after study.
Have the full dossiers of these vaccines been deposited (sinopharm pekin, sinopharm wuhan, sinovac, etc) ? by whom ?
if yes, have they been refused ?
I don't know the response, do you ?
more generally, the results of these vaccines is not well known, or not fully published.
this is a subject of general interest, elements of response will be welcomed.