Thailand to cease Sinovac vaccine use when stocks end this month

[tonray]

1 minute ago, nobodysfriend said:

What about the millions of people who had been vaxxed with Sinovac ?

They are making available Astra as a second shot or as booster. My neighbor was given two Sino shots and now she says she was notofied of an Astra schedule coming soon.

[vandeventer]

Hip Hip heray It's like holding out for a pee. So what's next? More vaccines from China? Or something cheaper like something made here. The good ones are always coming but never seem to get here.

Took this picture yesterday as thousands of people waited for there free jab of Sinovac. Hundreds were turned away after waiting all day as they ran out once more.

Edited October 19, 2021 by vandeventer

[cardinalblue]

Don’t kid yourself….thailand stop procuring it tells you that it is no good or they lost confidence in it…

 

follow the evidence….when those hundreds of vaccinated frontline workers tested positive at the same time tells you it ain’t effective…. 
 

a few cases yes but not when you have statistically negative evidence 

[bkk6060]

13 hours ago, wadman said:

Personally, I have had 1 AZ shot so far, with a fair bit of side effects. It does make me worry about what it is doing to my body (beside the protection against covid). 

That's because it is working.  Building antibodies.

People I know who have had Sinovac are saying it is so great they had no side effects.

Just the opposite it seems.

 

From Sloan Kettering institute:

Will I experience side effects from the second dose?

Side effects are more common, and may be more pronounced, after the second dose of the vaccine. Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines reported similar side effects, which don’t last long — about one to three days. The most common side effects include a sore arm, fatigue (feeling tired), headache, aches, and fever. Side effects are a good sign — they indicate that the vaccine is working by triggering the immune system.

[Benmart]

14 hours ago, Chad3000 said:

Gold standard are your own antibodies.

So true. The hysteria whipped up by the media and government is the real danger.

[Blumpie]

I can't imagine why....... ????

 

[tonray]

13 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

That's because it is working.  Building antibodies.

People I know who have had Sinovac are saying it is so great they had no side effects.

Just the opposite it seems.

 

From Sloan Kettering institute:

Will I experience side effects from the second dose?

Side effects are more common, and may be more pronounced, after the second dose of the vaccine. Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines reported similar side effects, which don’t last long — about one to three days. The most common side effects include a sore arm, fatigue (feeling tired), headache, aches, and fever. Side effects are a good sign — they indicate that the vaccine is working by triggering the immune system.

On the other hand, I had only a few minor aches with my first Astra shot and virtually zero effects after  my second this past Sunday. This of course does not mean it did not work. People react differently in the same way a common flu will knock someone down and give another just a few sniffles. You can never tell.

[Khun Yogi]

This whole vaccine roll out debacle just shows you how useless this Govt. really is. Tests in China proved that one shot of Sinovac was less that 25% effective against Delta, but the Govt kept buying it and using it at a higher cost than many other vaccines. Now those that had two shots of Sinovac need a third shot.!!!!!! The Govt knew about this problem 4-5 months ago but they still kept buying it and using it. Moderna is another debacle. Many people paid for this 3 months ago and it still isn't here. So Pinnochio and his puppets really need a reality check.

[peter zwart]

13 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Exactly. Which are produced in your body in advance of an infection in mass quantities ready for battle by using a vaccine. Why are the anti vaxxers so daft they can't understand this simple concept? 

Because they may assume that their own immune system will successfully fight the virus and in the future know what to do in the event of a next covid attack.

 

 

 

 

 

[Ireland32]

Only the Keenyow “cheap” Thais are taking this garbage vaccine , most Thais don’t want it 

[thailand49]

• You got to give this one to the Thai leaders!  Not having the balls to say to the CCP your vaccine is junk if it was really good they wouldn't still be locking down their people and putting such restrictions on them.  So they use a term " current stock finish "???? they will continue to buy if not Sinovac then it will be Sinopham at inflated prices so they can shave off the top then give it to their illegal migrants workers and hope for the best.

[JonnyF]

Sounds like that trough got too stinky for even these hogs to eat from it.

 

Still, their bank accounts will thank them.

[Aussieroaming]

Let's hope that the good old human antibodies will dominate soon and lead to natural resistance to this pox ridden virus.

[Cake Monster]

In now stopping any further usage of the Sinovac Vaccine, Thailand could be making a rod for its own back.

This is an open admission, and condemnation of the Sinovac for use with the population of Thailand.

Some questions need to be asked now.

1) Will Thailand accept travellers who have been Vaccinated with Sinovac as Tourists.- I think we all know the answer to that one, although it would be a very sketchy thing to do after stopping the vaccine for your own Countries use.

2) If, and when allowed, will the CCP cut the number of Tourists to the Country in retaliation.

Thailand has just announced they have bought a large consignment of Vaccines from Spain. I think this was possibly through the Covax Scheme.

There are said to be over 600 K of AZ and a large batch of Pfizer of 2.7 Million doses

The price said to be paid was at 2.90 Euro per dose -112 baht - a reduced price

Maybe this is the reason that the Government of Thailand has stopped procuring Sinovac with its cost at over 3 times the price paid for these Vaccines.

 

 

 

[4MyEgo]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand has recorded nearly 1.8 million cases and 18,336 fatalities overall, more than 98% in the past seven months.

That is just over 1% in 7 months, if you believe the statistics, what about those that die in villages, no autopsy, just cremate them in the temple, problem sorted. But what did they die of, old age, drink to muk, same, same, no Covid.

[Clarkey611]

15 hours ago, wadman said:

Sinopharm has very little in terms of size effects, unlike AZ and Pfizer. Many Thais prefer sinopharm for that reason. 

Following my 2 AZ injections, I can confirm that there was a size effect. Unfortunately, everything became smaller!

[BangkokReady]

15 hours ago, Chad3000 said:

Thai government totally boned vaccine procurement and to some sense China came to the rescue.

No, Thailand opting to delay massively and buy only the Chinese vaccine was them "boning" the vaccine rollout, not it being rescued.

[Caldera]

And not a day too soon.

[RafPinto]

I was already wondering why the Chao Phraya looks different.

Probably millions of this useless vaccine offloaded here.

[RafPinto]

7 minutes ago, Clarkey611 said:

Following my 2 AZ injections, I can confirm that there was a size effect. Unfortunately, everything became smaller!

My GF got her 3rd shot and feeling the same site effects.

[4MyEgo]

These guys never cease to amaze me, mixing vaccines like cocktails, just give everyone two doses of the same vaccine, even if that means them waiting longer for the second dose, as they say the longer you leave it the better the results.

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2 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

That means that they are fully aware of the fact that Sinovac does not protect against the dominant Virus variant , Delta .

What about the millions of people who had been vaxxed with Sinovac ?

They just continued to use that ineffective vaccine to get rid of their stock of it ?

Nonsense. Are you familiar with the concepts of "less than" and "greater than".

 

Sinovac's Covid-19 shot highly effective against serious illness: Malaysia study

 Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective against serious illness, although rival shots from Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca showed better protection rates, a large, real-world study from Malaysia showed...

 

The study, conducted by the Malaysian government, found that 0.011 per cent of about 7.2 million recipients of the Sinovac shot required treatment in intensive care units (ICU) for Covid-19 infections, health officials told reporters on Thursday (Sept 23).

By contrast, 0.002 per cent of about 6.5 million recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine needed ICU treatment for Covid-19 infections, while 0.001 per cent of 744,958 recipients of the AstraZeneca shot required similar treatment.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sinovacs-covid-19-shot-highly-effective-against-serious-illness-malaysia-study

 

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1 hour ago, Benmart said:

So true. The hysteria whipped up by the media and government is the real danger.

 

Tell that to the covid patients in hospitals who have filled ICUs to capacity. Congratulate them on producing antibodies without benefit of vaccination.

[sirineou]

1 minute ago, placeholder said:

Nonsense. Are you familiar with the concepts of "less than" and "greater than".

 

Sinovac's Covid-19 shot highly effective against serious illness: Malaysia study

 Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective against serious illness, although rival shots from Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca showed better protection rates, a large, real-world study from Malaysia showed...

 

The study, conducted by the Malaysian government, found that 0.011 per cent of about 7.2 million recipients of the Sinovac shot required treatment in intensive care units (ICU) for Covid-19 infections, health officials told reporters on Thursday (Sept 23).

By contrast, 0.002 per cent of about 6.5 million recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine needed ICU treatment for Covid-19 infections, while 0.001 per cent of 744,958 recipients of the AstraZeneca shot required similar treatment.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sinovacs-covid-19-shot-highly-effective-against-serious-illness-malaysia-study

 

You are right, in the absence of other better options , sinovac is good enough, But unfortunately the perception is out there. I see it all the time, everyone I talk to Thai or western have a negative perception, but someone must be having it, otherwise they will not be running out of stock , right?  

IMO they souldn't had made an announcement. Next month when they run out, they should have said ,We run out of Sinovac and we will not order more, as we have enough of the other more effective vaccines.  

Making the announcement that after they run out , thy will not order more, only serves to reinforce the sinovac hesidency. 

 A very stupid announcement IMO. 

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16 hours ago, Chad3000 said:

All the wasted money and drama.

 

I do see why China was a bit miffed. Thai government totally boned vaccine procurement and to some sense China came to the rescue. Think how unhappy the population would be without any vaccine.

 

Now, Thailand has been able to beg borrow steal (?) vaccines and we're at a whopping 30%

 

The cost of the vaccine or what the Thai government paid is was obscene.

Thailand ordered Sinovac from China in November of 2019. China released no evidence that it had even conducted phase 3 trials at that juncture. Thailand refused to certify pfizer vaccine until Aril of 2020. China still hadn't released that data for its phase 3 trial. I A bit odd, no? Why didn't Thailand order fizer or az or moderna or janssen back then? Or as soon as they got approved for general use? 

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand used over 31.5 million Sinovac doses since February, starting with two doses to frontline workers, high-risk groups and residents of Phuket, a holiday island that reopened to tourists early in a pilot scheme.

And then found out 3 months later it was virtually useless.

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3 minutes ago, sirineou said:

You are right, in the absence of other better options , sinovac is good enough, But unfortunately the perception is out there. I see it all the time, everyone I talk to Thai or western have a negative perception, but someone must be having it, otherwise they will not be running out of stock , right?  

IMO they souldn't had made an announcement. Next month when they run out, they should have said ,We run out of Sinovac and we will not order more, as we have enough of the other more effective vaccines.  

Making the announcement that after they run out , thy will not order more, only serves to reinforce the sinovac hesidency. 

 A very stupid announcement IMO. 

Although, to be fair, the Malaysian study didn't differentiate between pre-Delta effectiveness and post-Delta effectiveness.

[sirineou]

5 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Although, to be fair, the Malaysian study didn't differentiate between pre-Delta effectiveness and post-Delta effectiveness.

According to Fortune magazine. 

"The main Chinese vaccines appear to be working well against the Delta variant—but not as well as some of their foreign counterparts. "

https://fortune.com/2021/08/31/china-covid-vaccine-sinovac-sinopharm-delta-variant-effective/. 

[John Drake]

16 hours ago, wadman said:

Thailand will be buying sinopharm vaccines instead. They are already buying it. Sinopharm has very little in terms of size effects, unlike AZ and Pfizer. Many Thais prefer sinopharm for that reason. 

 

Personally, I have had 1 AZ shot so far, with a fair bit of side effects. It does make me worry about what it is doing to my body (beside the protection against covid). 

Yes, something there with AZ. I had two shots of Sinovac with few side effects other than some tiredness over three or four days. I received the AZ "booster" on 30 September. Almost three weeks in and I'm still constantly dizzy, tired, and have recurring bouts of nausea. I wish I had never taken the AZ.

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1 minute ago, sirineou said:

According to Fortune magazine. 

"The main Chinese vaccines appear to be working well against the Delta variant—but not as well as some of their foreign counterparts. "

https://fortune.com/2021/08/31/china-covid-vaccine-sinovac-sinopharm-delta-variant-effective/. 

That was always overwhelmingly likely to be the case. It's funny. When it was announced that Sinovac antibodies disappeared after a few months that was taken to mean by some that it was ineffective. But when it was shown that it took the pfizer vaccine a few more months for the same thing to happen the critics who singled out the Sinovac vaccine were silent. Lots of doublethink going on there.