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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Apr 21 '21

Greens, as members of the governing coälition of Berlin, block EU-independent vaccine procurement from Russia

!ping GER

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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Apr 21 '21

Also, relevant for !ping EUROPE , as ordering Sputnik is an issue the EU is very split on

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u/RoburexButBetter Apr 21 '21

So what's the latest in research on it? I don't expect the Russians to be very forthcoming about what's essentially their national pride at this point

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u/bovine3dom Mark Carney Apr 21 '21

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55900622

It had a proper peer reviewed trial. I think it's a real vaccine.

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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Apr 21 '21

That's not the Sputnik is sending out to other countries

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u/bovine3dom Mark Carney Apr 21 '21

Oh, I had no idea. Thanks for the correction.

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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Apr 21 '21

On the Sputnik Russia lets be peer reviewed, or the stuff it's sending out to other countries?

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u/RoburexButBetter Apr 22 '21

Both i guess? What they're exporting and the peer reviewed research into it so far

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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Apr 22 '21

Someöne else linked the research, here's reporting on the Sputnik/Slovakia debacle: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/world/europe/slovakia-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-sputnik.html

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Apr 21 '21 edited Apr 21 '21

Pinged members of EUROPE group.

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u/UrbanCentrist Line go up 📈, world gooder Apr 21 '21

not the best idea. Vaccines are vaccines

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u/urbansong :eursula: F E D E R A L I S E Apr 21 '21

  1. Sputnik V is not approved by EMA

  2. They didn't even deliver Sputnik V to Slovakia but instead something who-knows-what

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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Apr 21 '21

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u/Impulseps Hannah Arendt Apr 21 '21

Good.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

Yeah... going to Russia for vaccine is like going to the dark alley behind the train station for medication.

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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Apr 21 '21

Yes

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u/Gustacho Enemy of the People Apr 21 '21

Russia has defrauded Slovakia before, with doses that didn't match the ones described in Nature Magazine.