Leading Chula professor criticizes government’s Sinovac obsession

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By Pear Maneechote

 

A leading professor at Chulalongkorn University has come out this week to criticize the government for its continued obsession with acquiring Sinovac vaccines. The professor joined Thai Enquirer to outline her grievances, the same one she shares with millions of other Thais.

 

It might not have been as clear in the beginning, but the inefficiency of this [Sinovac] vaccine has been reported in numerous, real-life cases from many countries, from Indonesia to Brazil, said Professor Siripan Nogsuan, an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Government, Faculty of Science at Chulalongkorn University.

 

Professor Siripan told us the main question she has for the government is why they are still choosing Sinovac over other vaccine alternatives when it’s clear that it is more expensive and has a much lower efficacy rate?

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/28886/leading-chula-professor-criticizes-governments-sinovac-obsession/

 

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[Denim]

Obviously , like everyone else she already knows the answer but it doesn't hurt to stick pins in this pathetic excuse for a government.

[smedly]

very brave for speaking up

 

she will be contacted soon and threatened like the one reported last week

[RotBenz8888]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

why they are still choosing Sinovac 

Childish question. 

[smedly]

1 minute ago, RotBenz8888 said:

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

why they are still choosing Sinovac 

Childish question. 

buy one get one free

[ThailandRyan]

Free, free, free from the overlords with many conditions attached....can the good doctor not understand.....

[sathornlover]

It is good to know that there are still some brave people who dare to publicly question the obvious madness, but I think this statement is a bit exaggerated:
 

“To be fair, Thailand’s healthcare system is top-notch; it is one of the world’s top ten,” she said …

[mtls2005]

Suspect the graft/skim on Sinovac far outstrips anything on the rice pledging scheme.

 

Suspect this woman will be getting a vist from the dean/rector today?

 

Time to fire up the Attitude Adjustment camps?

 

 

 

 

[Tropicalevo]

23 minutes ago, smedly said:

very brave for speaking up

 

she will be contacted soon and threatened like the one reported last week

And the gang will be after the Thai Enquirer as well.

[Thailand]

Probably because Sinovac is the best option. Could not possibly be anything else.

[poskat]

she obviously has no friends in the Chula purchasing dept who can explain to her how profitable being a purchaser in asia can be....

[sathornlover]

36 minutes ago, smedly said:

buy one get one free

The ratio is more like four to one.
500,000 doses are "donated" and then 2 million vaccine doses are purchased for $30 (?) per dose or vice versa.

 

At least a decent discount, if this vaccine were not the worst of all covid vaccines …

[Osthos]

She's right. If Thailand is going to be battling the Delta variant, then we have no actual data on how effective it is.

 

As I posted elsewhere, both the Pfizer/Biontech and AZ vaccine are over 90% effective in preventing people from needing hospital treatment, as per a UK Government report yesterday.

 

Vaccines highly effective against hospitalisation from Delta variant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

[rodknock]

some times it is better to keep my mouth shut, then to really say what i want to say!!!!!!

[thequietman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

when it’s clear that it is more expensive

and there you have your answer madam. Graft?  possibly! ????

[ChipButty]

Even us low life farang know the answer to that best keep your head down lady

[sapson]

You have to wonder how much these guys need? if you have vast funds in accounts around the world and property and can support all 5 wives and countless mia nois and extended family..........

 

Could they not just for once make some decisions for the benefit of the people of Thailand in need rather than everything based on keeping their personal troughs overflowing?

[Misterwhisper]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

it is more expensive

There is your answer, why. When it's more expensive, certain parties can cream off more. It doesn't matter that it is less efficacious. It never mattered.

[Neeranam]

She is a professor, but hardly "leading". 

[Jajazazajaja]

Deliberately misleading people

 

“AstraZeneca is known to be over 90 per cent effective against hospitalization from the latest strain spreading throughout the globe, the Delta variant. Sinovac’s efficacy, on the other hand, is only at around 50”
 

They compare the effectiveness against hospitalization for AZ against overall efficacy against Sinovac. Which makes no sense 

 

the data from Indonesia suggests that Sinovac is over 90% effective against hospitalization 

 

 

why don’t people actually read what’s in the article?

[ezzra]

Her goes a brave man, will not be surprised if he will find himself lecturing in some school in the far flung part of this kingdom soon...

[mtls2005]

Sinovac 8.1 MM doses, 5.059 Billion baht

AZ 26 MM doses, 5.287 Billion baht

 

from government budget presentation

 

Cheap at thrice the price.

 

 

[Salerno]

15 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Her goes a brave man, will not be surprised if he will find himself lecturing in some school in the far flung part of this kingdom soon...

 

He?

 

[wensiensheng]

Among other factors, expediency probably plays a part. It’s available within a fairly short time frame and contract negotiations maybe easier.

 

this government is pretty last and doesn’t really have any long term plan, at least not that they have articulated.

 

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

very brave for speaking up

 

she will be contacted soon and threatened like the one reported last week

 

No danger speaking out about this vaccine. It's questioning a similar obsession with the AZ vaccine from Siam Bioscience Co Ltd that will get you into trouble.

[JonnyF]

1 hour ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Childish question. 

I believe rhetorical was the word you were looking for.

 

Every man and his dog knows the answer.

[Geoffggi]

Maybe it has something to do with the Chinese Government - It has been reported that China does not want Taiwan to obtain western covid vaccinations ......

Edited June 23, 2021 by Geoffggi

[Rimmer]

A misleading troll post has been removed

[tingtong]

It isn't Sinovac the government obsessed, 

It is the money under the table that comes with it.

[rudi49jr]

This is a matter of prestige/face for China, they just want as many countries as possible to order and use their vaccine. So my bet is that they’re throwing around quite a bit of money as an ‘incentive’ to persuade the powers that be to order the vaccine. And we all know the one and only true god that the Thai generals and their cronies pray to.