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TomCADem

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17. Philippines: Ex-DOH chief ready to face probe over Dengvaxia mess
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:32 PM
Sep 2020

In Philippines, a vaccine was rushed and given to nearly 1,000,000 before they discovered it may actually cause dengue.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/05/17/ex-doh-chief-ready-to-face-probe-over-dengvaxia-mess

Garin said the multibillion-peso Dengvaxia vaccination program started before her tenure at the DOH.

"We fully cooperated and consulted with WHO prior to the implementation of this program. With the desire to resolve this deadly virus, the department started the vaccination program which has until now been seen to be strongly beneficial to 9 out of 10 Filipinos," she said.

Garin was undersecretary for the DOH Women, Children and Family Health Cluster before she was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III to lead the health agency in December 2015. She also served as representative of Iloilo's first district from 2004 to 2013.

Investigation is underway into the FDA-approved anti-dengue vaccine following last week's revelation from its manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur that the drug poses risk to people who had not been previously infected with dengue.

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60% of america will NEVER trust a trump vaccine and the 40% that are left dismiss COVID and many beachbumbob Sep 2020 #1
Even if They Did, Best Case Scenario Is That ... TomCADem Sep 2020 #2
"Tea time's over. Everyone back to work" DBoon Sep 2020 #9
Please stop calling it a Trump vaccine DrToast Sep 2020 #3
ok, trump russian vaccine? beachbumbob Sep 2020 #7
Don Trump The Science-ish Guy Explains Hydroxychloroquine TomCADem Sep 2020 #23
I no longer trust the FDA's assurances about vaccines for COVID 19 cyclonefence Sep 2020 #4
I'm waiting until another country with a reputable health service approves it DBoon Sep 2020 #11
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) may be more trustworthy PSPS Sep 2020 #14
"very old people, 70 years and older." pnwmom Sep 2020 #5
Where the hell is the 'can do' attitude we used to have? The Mouth Sep 2020 #6
Hope is Not a Strategy. Are You Supporting a Putin Like Approach of Announcing an Approval? TomCADem Sep 2020 #8
I'm supporting saying *YES* we can fucking do this The Mouth Sep 2020 #15
The tainted polio vaccine that sickened and fatally paralyzed children in 1955 TomCADem Sep 2020 #19
Liberty ship in 24 hours? JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2020 #10
Shit, we'd have people decrying the moon shot nowdays The Mouth Sep 2020 #13
and yes, I'll take smoke belching steel mills over the "we have to be careful" The Mouth Sep 2020 #18
The anti-science attitudes on this board is scary DrToast Sep 2020 #16
How Scientists Are Trying to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine TomCADem Sep 2020 #20
We won't be "done" with this pandemic until well after trump is gone. PSPS Sep 2020 #22
Adequate Testing of a Vaccine is a Vital Part of Science TomCADem Sep 2020 #25
"The only limitations are our resources and will" PSPS Sep 2020 #21
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Most see this as a "political vaccine," not a scientific/effective one. PSPS Sep 2020 #12
Philippines: Ex-DOH chief ready to face probe over Dengvaxia mess TomCADem Sep 2020 #17
We don't even know at this point if any vaccine is going to be actually LisaL Sep 2020 #24
Well, that is because this is a novel virus... TomCADem Sep 2020 #26
I think the point was, that this "class" of virus may be inherently difficult to vaccinate against intrepidity Sep 2020 #27
SARS-Cov- 2 is a novel virus that belongs to a family of corona viruses. LisaL Sep 2020 #29
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Chump is fine with all of us as the guinea pigs FakeNoose Sep 2020 #31
TRUMP VIRUS. roamer65 Sep 2020 #32
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