Great article by @sciencecohen
"Not urgently needing the vaccines at home to fight a virus it has largely quashed, (China) is playing a global game.. using the vaccine to promote the diplomacy of foreign policy objectives."
sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/g…
"Not urgently needing the vaccines at home to fight a virus it has largely quashed, (China) is playing a global game.. using the vaccine to promote the diplomacy of foreign policy objectives."
sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/g…
In-depth discussion of China vs the West's vaccine approaches: which can induce broader immunity, is easier to manufacture and distribute, has the risk of antibody-dependent enhancement of covid, and, importantly, can be readily manufactured locally in other countries...
"crucially for China’s vaccine diplomacy, many.. countries have manufacturers that have produced inactivated virus vaccines for decades.. (those) that cannot access vaccines bankrolled by Warp Speed—especially those that hosted China’s.. trials—might have a more secure vaccine.."
From China's POV, because there seems to be significant risk of novel SARS virus spillover in some regions (South China and apparently Wuhan), the full inactivated virus vaccine may be the more useful approach if it induces broader immunity against different SARS viruses...
Unfortunately, it is still unclear whether vaccinated individuals can still be infected with the virus and pass it onto others who are not vaccinated/have no virus immunity. wired.com/story/does-the…
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