CGTN published this video item, entitled “Assignment Asia: The Philippines’ vaccine conundrum” – below is their description.
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Diseases like polio and measles – preventable with vaccines, and nearly eradicated in the past few years – have made a comeback in the Philippines, thanks to a vaccine scare in 2017 that rocked confidence in vaccines. For years, the Philippine government have been looking for better ways to curb the dengue epidemic. The solution came in 2016, in the form of a dengue vaccine by Sanofi Pasteur – Dengvaxia.
Eager to tame the outbreak, the country quickly launched a dengue vaccination program, starting with children.
After more than 800,000 Filipino schoolchildren were given at least one dose of the vaccine, however, Sanofi Pasteur dropped a bomb – Dengvaxia was potentially harmful for those who had never had dengue.
What ensued was mass hysteria, court cases and the start of mistrust in vaccines.
Barnaby Lo looks at the consequence of the dengue vaccine scare, and how it impacts the prevention of diseases like polio, measles and new viruses like the one that causes COVID-19. #Philippines #Vaccine #Virus
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