12/17/2020 5:57 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 12/17/2020 5:57 PM
After the confirmation of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who said that at the moment the Sputnik V vaccine will not be able to be used for people over 60 years old and rumbled loudly in the Casa Rosada, the former Minister of Health,
Adolfo Rubinstein
, came out to criticize the government of Alberto Fernández.
In a thread on his Twitter account (
@RubinsteinOk
) he said that "the news about Putin's statements continues to fuel these hilarious twists and turns on vaccines."
"The government must cut itself once the crossed messages that
generate uncertainty and mistrust and do nothing more than feed the anti-vaccine groups
."
"There are still no conclusive data on the effects of the #SputnikV vaccine in> 60 years because the results of the interim analyzes were on the age group of 18-60 years. That is why Putin has not been vaccinated: because the approval in Russia by now it does not include> 60 ", clarified the doctor.
In addition, he said that just as AstraZeneca and Pfizer have already published their Phase III clinical trials in prestigious scientific journals, "we still have no publications on the results of SputnikV."
"There are only press announcements that in no case replace them. This is what worries," analyzed the former minister of the Macri government.
"The questionable point is not the origin of the vaccine, as many want to install, but the lack of information precisely regarding the population at greatest risk, which is the one that must be vaccinated first," he continued.
News of Putin's remarks continues to fuel these hilarious twists and turns on vaccines.
The government must cut at once the cross messages that generate uncertainty and mistrust and do nothing more than feed the anti-vaccine groups grupos
- Adolfo Rubinstein (@RubinsteinOk) December 17, 2020
Rubinstein hoped that "the study's publications for the population> 60 years will be available in the coming weeks, so as to communicate to the regulatory authorities, the scientific community and the general public."
And he said that in the meantime "we must trust that ANMAT will take these issues into account for regulatory approval in our country."
"Let's avoid contributing to misinformation that only erodes trust and wait for scientific news."
"The government must be more prudent and
stop rushing to communicate news that generates expectations and produces frustration when they are not met,
" he shot.
Meanwhile, in statements to
Radio con Vos
, he delved into these concepts, saying that "
vaccine nationalism
" did not help to consolidate trust.
"The case of the Russian vaccine has to do with political use. Since Putin began to announce, before it was registered and with minimal clinical evidence, our government went up and that is not good.
Science has to be the most neutral possible,
"he concluded.
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