Things are really bad in Indonesia. Hopefully, the government can get it under control soon.
Everyone knew it is premature to remove mask mandate but Biden still wanted to do it just for the economy.
Sinopharm looks to be pretty popular in Thailand even though Sinovac got a lot of bad press lately.
Remember 3 weeks ago that NYT was saying Delta is crushing Bahrain and the Sinopharm is to blame…
Now the recent statistics are showing things getting back under control. I believe they also instituted a mini 2 week lockdown.
I wonder if Sinopharm is actually better than Sinovac considering what is happening in Indonesia.
Also, some other ideas…
Could mixing vaccines be more effective than using just one kind? Bahrain was giving third dose Sinopharm as well as Pfizer.
This is why I wish the media would try to be a little more neutral. If somehow we find some trends that show mixing 2 kinds of vaccines being beneficial, now you will have to try to undo all the propaganda you pushed.
Bahrain cases dropped after mini-lockdown for two weeks and before a third dose rollout. In addition, both UAE and Bahrain allow people to choose Sinopharm or Pfizer for their third dose so it is hard to say mixing vaccines would help.
I think a better case study would be in the EU as many European nations are offering second dose of Pfizer or Moderna after the first dose of AstraZeneca. Thailand is also doing Sinovac and AstraZeneca mixing. We will have more evdience in a few weeks. But things don't look good for EU so mixing is not that effective. Although providing a third dose booster of any kind would probably help to reduce infections and deaths.
Sinovac is actually doing pretty well in Uruguay. However, Delta variant hasn't spread in Uruguary yet. Chile also is able to decrease its cases significantly after a small lockdown. Of course, Sinopharm is doing much better as MSM has stopped talking about Sinopharm and focus upon Sinovac as Hungary, Serbia, Bahrain, and UAE are able to contain the virus.
The surge is coming to EU soon. So we should have a good idea how well Pfizer fare compare with Sinopharm. The UK, Israel, and Spain have proven that Pfizer is not able to stop Delta variant from spreading. German, France, and Italy all have higher vaccination rate than Hungary and Serbia so we can compare how the surge affect them to make a fair comparison between Pfizer and Sinopharm.