(Yicai) June 17 — Doubting or even wrongly attacking vaccines can result in huge disasters, according to the spokesperson of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech.
Sinovac is a specialized company, and its mission is to make vaccines for humans to eliminate diseases and achieve health, Yuan Youwei told Yicai today. Everyone should focus on their own specializations, Yuan added.
On June 14, Reuters published the results of an investigation claiming that the US military launched a secret campaign to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines supplied by China in the Philippines. The campaign later expanded to Central Asia and the Middle East, Reuters noted.
Sinovac donated its first batch of 600,000 Covid-19 jabs to the Philippines in February 2021. That was the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines the Philippines had received since the outbreak of the pandemic.
When vaccines are stigmatized, the public will distrust them, leading to a decline in vaccination rate and weaker immune systems, which in turn can cause higher risks of infectious disease outbreaks, an industry insider told Yicai. Moreover, this can lead to public distrust in the scientific community, public health institutions, and the governments, harming the effect of future health measures, the insider added.
Editor: Futura Costaglione