Short thread on the Chinese vaccine for COVID19. An irresponsible govt starts vaccinating it’s own people without adequate proof of either safety or efficacy, bypassing phase 3 trials. Then finds out it isn’t generating an adequate response. But the problems are much deeper.
The CanSino COVID vaccine uses the common cold vaccine as vector. But over half the people given the vaccine already had antibodies to common cold virus and hence it is virtually doomed to failure. A second dose won’t solve this.
CanSino has decided to brazen it out by claiming that “we should not blindly follow experts” and that “It is unscientific to compare the antibody levels generated by different vaccine candidates, because varied testing methods could distort results”. aljazeera.com/ajimpact/china…
They tried to cover it up by claiming it induced cellular immunity and not antibody response. However in their study published in Lancet, Chinese researchers had claimed 96% antibody response for the vaccine and said nothing about cellular immunity. thelancet.com/journals/lance…
The company declared its phase 2 trials in July. So far it has met with very little success for finding partners for international phase 3 trials. Only Russia and Pakistan have agreed. Russia is already mass vaccinating its own people without proper phase 3 trials.
Russia has started some trials on undeclared number of volunteers for CanSino vaccine a few days back. Interestingly it has also put its own much publicised vaccine on the back burner.
Link in next tweet. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-…
The other two Chinese vaccine companies Sinopharm and Sinovac are doing somewhat better than CanSino, and have managed a few international collaborators such as UAE and Philippines. But same pattern is seen here too: mass vaccination before trials. m.hindustantimes.com/world-news/in-…
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Congress needs a better CA as the present one seems to be as incompetent as the party leadership. Short thread with screenshots of the court judgment. The matter goes back to 2019 when congress failed to file its IT returns in time, due to which its income became taxable. 1/n
A large number of people “donated” cash amounts in excess of 2000/-. As per law any donation above 2000/- in cash is disallowed. So congress showed it as “voluntary contribution” which has cash limit of 20k. But sadly for them, courts have held earlier that this is taxable. 2/n
The matter goes back to 2019. First demand was raised in 2021. Congress slept over it until 2023. Even worse, three notices for final hearing and disposal were given and the congress requested adjournment in all three. Even 20% of disputed amount sought by ITAT was not paid. 3/n
My daughter was defrauded on @bookingcom on 16th Jan while blocking a hotel room for a friend. She got a notification from the hotel through the app, asking for card confirmation which is a usual practice on the app. On giving the card details, Rs. 94693 was instantly swiped.
Minutes later, the hotel mails her saying their account was compromised and that knew about it but did nothing. She immediately realised the fraud and called @bookingcom . She was assured of refund by the operator. booking.com
It’s been almost a month now, and @bookingcom are now not responding and haven’t refunded the amount either. A cyber crime complaint has also been registered. The notification came through the app itself and from the hotels own account. Hence they will be the accused in the FIR.
This “liver doctor” claims the ranitidine causing cancer controversy is because of an impurity and not ranitidine. But the fact is, the potentially carcinogenic agent, NDMA, is a direct degradation product of ranitidine itself and not just an impurity.
This has been known for some time now. Pharma companies are trying different formulations to retard or prevent degradation of ranitidine into NDMA. But success hasn’t been achieved till date. Ranitidine is inevitably going to have to be withdrawn from the market.
Also, it is dishonest to claim dhanwantharam gulika contains any “civet cat semen” or “baby elephant feces” because while the ancient verse does list these as ingredients, none of the modern preparations contain them. Civet cat is in fact listed as protected species in India.
Have you ever heard the names of these young freedom fighters, all aged between 21 and 25, who were tried and executed by the British? If not, don’t be sad: you’re one of 99.999% citizens of Bharat who don’t.
Thread follows soon.
These brave soldiers were from the 4th Madras Coastal Defence
Battery of the British Army and were among a dozen 'rebels' arrested on April 18, 1943, on charges of “acting against the Government and obstructing and/or adversely affecting the war efforts”.
The British intelligence got news that these soldiers were planning “sabotage, incendiarism wherever
possible, tampering with the loyalty of the forces by trying to
cause desertions and encouraging tensions and rivalries amongst
soldiers housed in army barracks.”
Nehru, who said he would fight against INA personally on the Indian border, realised this would be big. He put his appearance on record and walked away with credit for defending the INA soldiers. And then made sure they would never get pension or be employed in the Indian army.
It was actually much worse than this. Nehru also begged for continuance of dominion status, which was declined by the British as they didn’t want to take any further responsibility.
Rakesh was part of the rioting mob that set fire to Secunderabad railway station. It’s now known that this attack was planned meticulously via multiple WhatsApp groups. “Some of these protesters were allegedly assisted by their tutors who coached them in their entrance exam”.
Videos of the attack. Railway police eventually opened fire to control the mob, and Rakesh lost his life. The real culprits, the planners of this “agitation”, are still at large. No hopes from local police since KCR is busy rewarding the rioters.
5000-strong mob was on the rampage at Secunderabad railway station - how does such a large mob collect right under the nose of the city police and administration?