Chinese Sinovac vaccine works by exposing immune system to dead viral debris

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55212787

"How does the Sinovac vaccine work?

The Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac is behind the CoronaVac, an inactivated vaccine.

It works by using killed viral particles to expose the body's immune system to the virus without risking a serious disease response.

By comparison the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines being developed in the West are mRNA vaccines. This means part of the coronavirus' genetic code is injected into the body, triggering the body to begin making viral proteins, but not the whole virus, which is enough to train the immune system to attack.

"CoronaVac is a more traditional method [of vaccine] that is successfully used in many well known vaccines like rabies," Associate Prof Luo Dahai of the Nanyang Technological University told the BBC.

"mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine and there is [currently] no successful example [of them] being used in the population," Prof Luo adds."

In other words, the Chinese vaccine is the only vaccine that is actually a vaccine, as opposed to the experimental biological agents here in the U.S.!
So the ChiCom conquest of the U.S. becomes even further advanced!
At least at this point in time, it would be my choice, but only if forced to get a vaccine.
https://www.drugs.com/news/chinese-says-covid-19-vaccine-should-available-u-s-early-2021-92986.html
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[edit addition 6-11] Similar vaccine, CoronaVac, seems to have met with some success in Brazil:
"Brazil Covid: Deaths plunge after town's adults vaccinated"

"The city was divided into four areas to help determine the threshold for containing the virus. The team said this was achieved after three areas, or about 75% of the population over the age of 18, had been given both doses.
When 95% of adults were fully vaccinated, they said the results showed that:
    Deaths fell by 95%
    Hospitalisations fell by 86%
    Symptomatic cases fell by 80%
Ricardo Palacios, research director at Butantan, said the key figure was the 75%.
"The most important result is that we can control the pandemic without having to vaccinate the whole population," he said."
"The CoronaVac is an inactivated vaccine, and works by using killed viral particles to expose the body's immune system to the virus without risking a serious disease response."
https://au.news.yahoo.com/brazil-covid-deaths-plunge-towns-113208676.html [end edit]

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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-19/China-s-vaccine-map-Sinovac-vaccine-proves-significantly-effective--ZyIaBfCsZG/index.html

"China's vaccine map: Multinational studies say Sinovac vaccine 'significantly effective'
Updated 12:47, 19-Apr-2021

Editor's note: This is the weekly wrap-up of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines' contribution in the global fight against the virus for April 12-18, 2021. This one also focuses on the recognition of safety and effectiveness that the Chinese vaccines gained around the world.

China has provided anti-epidemic materials to more than 160 countries and international organizations around the world and is providing urgently needed vaccines to more than 100 countries and international organizations, according to Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

China will continue to make efforts to maintain the stability of the global anti-epidemic materials supply chain and provide support to countries in need, Wang said on April 12.

The safety and effectiveness of Chinese vaccines have earned recognition across the world, with dozens of countries authorizing the use of Chinese vaccines.

Over the last week, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba and his wife Sylvia Bongo Ondimba received their second doses of the Sinopharm vaccine. On Wednesday, China's Ambassador in Somalia Qin Jian joined officials from the country in receiving their first jabs of the Sinopharm vaccine. Meanwhile, Ukraine started vaccinating its Olympic and Paralympic teams with the Chinese vaccine."

"Chile, Turkey, Indonesia and Brazil studies prove Sinovac vaccine's effectiveness"

"Chile has found that China's Sinovac vaccine provides significant protection against COVID-19 infection and is more effective in preventing severe cases. The Sinovac vaccine is 67 percent effective in preventing symptomatic infection and 80 percent effective in fending off deaths from the disease, according to a report released on Friday by Chile's Ministry of Health."

"Several other studies have been done on the Sinovac vaccine. Its general efficacy rates range from just above 50 percent in Brazil to 65 percent in Indonesia and over 91 percent in Turkey."

"Cameroon, Mauritius and the Solomon Islands receive their first batches of COVID-19 vaccines from China"

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/health/sinopharm-covid-19-vaccine.html

"In early 2020, the Beijing Institute of Biological Products created an inactivated coronavirus vaccine called BBIBP-CorV. Clinical trials run by the state-owned company Sinopharm showed that it had an efficacy rate of 79 percent. China approved the vaccine and soon began exporting it to other countries. "

Compared to J&J's 66%.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=j%26j+66%25+effective&t=h_&ia=web

While the other vaccines boast that they're 95% effective, but only in terms of reducing symptoms, NOT in regard to catching or spreading COVID-19. In other words it would seem 95% effective in creating asymptomatic mutant virus shedding vectors. "Driving viral immune escape"
https://www.covid-19forum.org/index.php?topic=719.0