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DavidDvorkin

(19,481 posts) Fri Oct 16, 2020, 02:51 PM Oct 2020

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Russia trying to discredit Oxford vaccine

Russia is waging a disinformation attack on Oxford University and Astrazeneca's coronavirus vaccine, according to an investigation by British newspaper The Times. Russia's flagship Vesti News programme called it a "monkey vaccine". "Russia and middlemen are now seeking to 'seed' ... pictures, memes, and video clips" on social media, saying the vaccine turns people into monkeys because it uses a Chimpanzee virus. Russia has a competing vaccine called Sputnik V.

(That's the whole report. Most EUObserver articles are very short.)

https://euobserver.com/tickers/149776

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Russia trying to discredit Oxford vaccine (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Oct 2020 OP

sure. because 'sputnik' was such a success, and so early, really the first vaccine. russia won. bullimiami Oct 2020 #1

bullimiami

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1. sure. because 'sputnik' was such a success, and so early, really the first vaccine. russia won.