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Dr Gagandeep Kang has taken extremely conservative view on COVAXIN. She is right when she says she has never seen anything like this before. But the fact remains that no one has seen such a pandemic before.
When in the past USFDA approved any vaccine so rapidly? Or when pharma comoanies could start clinical testing of vaccine within few months of isolation of novel virus? unusual circumstances demand unusual approaches.
Pl remeber Pfizer/Moderna vaccines are first RNA vaccines approved ever against any disease. Still approved so fast. When Russia announced SPUTNIK-V everyone start questioning the data, I tweeted tht I would not rule of Russian vaccine only because I have not seen the data
COVAXIN is developed with traditional technology. It's not recombinant virus, nor DNA/RNA vaccine. Its simply inactivated virus particles. So no one is questioning it's safety. Govt has clarified that it's Phase-III is a work in progress and they will publish the data soon.
We need to trust our scientists, pharma companies who have taken enormous financial risk and regulators who are trying their best to control the pandemic. World is praising the way India has handled COVID pandemic.
With due respect to Dr Kang (whom I know personally), the fact remains that she had signed petition against Modi government on the issue that has nothing to do with science. So the possibility of her political views overshadowing her thoughts cannot be ruled out.
