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How embarrassing is it that Canada was in bed with China on a covid vaccine? it's all coming out now. The bootlickers will be along shortly to run cover for Trudeau.

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China blamed for Canada’s multimillion-dollar coronavirus vaccine deal collapse




As China races to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, a multimillion-dollar collaboration between Canada and China has failed, likely because of Beijing’s geopolitical concerns, say scientists with direct knowledge of the project.
This week Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) announced it has abandoned its partnership with Chinese company CanSino Biologics, because China’s government continues to block shipments of vaccine materials to Canada.


The NRC — which is part of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry — has received about $44-million since late March to upgrade its production capacity in Montreal in preparation for materials expected from CanSino.

Now the NRC says it is working with two other COVID-19 vaccine collaborators including the United States company VBI Vaccines.
“With the funding received from the Government of Canada on March 23 and April 23, much work is underway at NRC … to certify our facility … and expand production,” NRC stated. “These enhancements to the facility will support a broad range of partners and clients with research, scale-up support, and the manufacturing of vaccines and therapeutics.”
In May, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau endorsed the deal with CanSino — a company funded by Beijing and producing its vaccine with the People’s Liberation Army.



CanSino’s COVID-19 vaccine is being tested on Chinese soldiers and has been approved for testing at the Canadian Center for Vaccinology (CCfV) at Dalhousie University in Halifax. CanSino’s vaccine was supposed to arrive at the CCfV in June.
But after Canada signed the CanSino deal “the Government of China changed rules on shipping vaccines,” the NRC said this week in a statement.


CanSino was founded in 2009 by Chinese scientist Dr. Xuefeng Yu, who was educated at McGill University in Quebec and worked for Sanofi Pasteur, before returning to China.



Yu did not respond to interview requests from Global News, but this week reportedly told the Globe and Mail that “bureaucratic indecision” from Chinese officials has delayed shipments of CanSino’s vaccine to Canada.
After this story was published CanSino issued this statement: “Up to the date of this announcement, the collaboration between the National Research Council of Canada and the Company has not been terminated. None of the management of the Company has accepted any interview in relation to the clinical trails (sic) for Ad5-nCoV in Canada in the recent period; and the Company is currently driving the international multi-center phase III clinical trial for Ad5-nCoV with several countries.”



The failed collaboration was based upon the NRC providing CanSino a license to use Canada’s proprietary biological product HEK293, a line of cells that CanSino has previously used with the Chinese military to develop a vaccine for the Ebola virus.
In an interview CCfV director Scott Halperin said “the collaboration between CanSino and (CCfV) and NRC was excellent.”
“The vaccine was caught up in Chinese customs, and CanSino did everything they were asked to, but the approvals never came through.”

Halperin said the key benefit to Canadians — if the CanSino vaccine had passed testing at Dalhousie — was Canadians would have been front of the line with a guaranteed supply of the CanSino vaccine, produced in Canada by the NRC.


https://globalnews.ca/news/7302194/canada-coronavirus-vaccine-deal-china/

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Diane Francis: Canadians deserve answers about botched vaccine roll-out

How much taxpayer money has been squandered on this failed vaccine deal with China?





Last week, I wrote

Any deal of that nature, if there ever was one, fell apart, and we are now left with a plethora of questions that Canadians deserve answers to.


Attention has been focused on China-based CanSino Biologics, which was founded by Yu Xuefeng, who got his PhD at McGill University and worked for Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in Toronto before returning to China to launch a vaccine company. He obtained an agreement with the National Research Council to use a Canadian-created cell line to develop a vaccine for Ebola and then SARS-CoV-2.

The coronavirus vaccine was to be tested at Dalhousie University in late May. But the test shipments were never sent. CanSino blamed Chinese customs for refusing to ship the vaccine to Canada for testing, but China has permitted other vaccine candidates to be shipped to other countries for testing, wrote Radio Canada International journalist Mark Montgomery in August.












Vaccine Task Force, which operated secretly for months and is riddled with conflicts.
Canadians are hopping mad about vaccine shortages because lives are at stake. They deserve answers.
Financial Post

You could have saved a lot of space in this thread by simply stating "China can't be trusted".
If I had been in charge I would have ignored the US request to detain Meng and just let her go back to China. Would have saved a lot of trouble.

[BillyCarpenter]

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You could have saved a lot of space in this thread by simply stating "China can't be trusted".
If I had been in charge I would have ignored the US request to detain Meng and just let her go back to China. Would have saved a lot of trouble.

Like I said, it's all coming out now. And it's not coming out because you or the other Canadian reported it on this site. Did you not know about this? Were you hiding it from us? When were you planning on telling us?


PS - I could have saved time by saying that Trudeau is a fucking idiot for making a deal with China and wasting so much money.

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Like I said, it's all coming out now. And it's not coming out because you or the other Canadian reported it on this site. Did you not know about this? Were you hiding it from us? When were you planning on telling us?


PS - I could have saved time by saying that Trudeau is a fucking idiot for making a deal with China and wasting so much money.

Hahaha. You really seem to believe that we have some kind of obligation to you, don't you? It's the strangest thing. I'm still not 100% sure if you are an adult. Some of the things you post are so childlike.

[BillyCarpenter]

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Hahaha. You really seem to believe that we have some kind of obligation to you, don't you? It's the strangest thing. I'm still not 100% sure if you are an adult. Some of the things you post are so childlike.

Look, I don't blame you for hiding this from us. Trudeau is a fucking joke. If you and SSG had any self-respect, neither of you would ever post in the covid thread again. China? What a damn embarrassment.

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Biden harnesses Defense Production Act to speed vaccinations and production of protective equipment
The administration also said it would deploy 1,110 military personnel to support mass-vaccination centers

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Look, I don't blame you for hiding this from us. Trudeau is a fucking joke. If you and SSG had any self-respect, neither of you would ever post in the covid thread again. China? What a damn embarrassment.

If you believe trudeau is a joke, that's good enough for me.
But I'm basing it on the fact that you can't find one single thing to criticize trump on. So................

[BillyCarpenter]

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If you believe trudeau is a joke, that's good enough for me.
But I'm basing it on the fact that you can't find one single thing to criticize trump on. So................

You can't deflect your way out of this one. Trudeau made a deal with China for a covid vaccine. The people of Canada deserve better than Trudeau. What a desperation move. Trudeau needs to go back to dance school and work on his moves and you guys need to find a real leader. Canada is dead last on covid rolout out of all the countries in the G7.

Canada is the laughingstock of the world on Covid roll-out.



Canada falls to 20th in the world for vaccine doses administered

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Even when accounting for population size, the U.S. has vaccinated more people per capita


Canada has fallen behind other developed nations in the number of shots administered per capita as supply disruptions derail planned vaccinations.
According to data collated by the University of Oxford-based Our World in Data, Canada now ranks 20th globally, well behind allies like the United States and the United Kingdom but also middle-income countries like Poland and Serbia.
Canada's vaccination effort has also been outpaced so far by those in Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Arab Emirates, among others.

Japan, with a population of 126 million people and just 5,400 COVID-19-related deaths, hasn't yet started its vaccination campaign. Unlike Canada, Japan is planning to produce 90 million shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine domestically.
Some observers have blamed France's "technocratic" system with its maze of red tape — a patient needs to consult with a doctor before they get a shot — for the slow rollout there.



COVID-19 vaccination in the G7

Doses administered per million population



While the U.S. is grappling with distribution issues of its own — the press there has said President Joe Biden is "inheriting a complete disaster," and an "absolute mess" from the last administration — the Americans have so far vaccinated 24.5 million people with at least one dose.
Even when accounting for population size, the U.S. has vaccinated 3 times more people per capita than Canada. The CBC's vaccine tracker estimates just over 900,000 doses have been administered in Canada to this point.
The U.S., with a population roughly nine times bigger than Canada, has fully vaccinated 3.8 million Americans with the two-dose regime of either the Pfizer or Moderna products, compared to about 150,000 people in Canada.
The U.K., a world leader so far, has administered at least one dose to 11.3 per cent of its people, nearly five times more per capita than Canada.

That country's vaccination efforts have been helped by an early approval of the product from Swedish-British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Health Canada regulators are still reviewing the company's promising vaccine for safety and efficacy.

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You can't deflect your way out of this one. Trudeau made a deal with China for a covid vaccine. The people of Canada deserve better than Trudeu. What a desperation move. Trudeau needs to go back to dance school and work on his moves and you guys need to fine a real leader. Canada is dead last on covid rolout out of all the countries in the G7.

Canada is the laughingstock of the world on Covid roll-out.



Canada falls to 20th in the world for vaccine doses administered

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Even when accounting for population size, the U.S. has vaccinated more people per capita


Canada has fallen behind other developed nations in the number of shots administered per capita as supply disruptions derail planned vaccinations.
According to data collated by the University of Oxford-based Our World in Data, Canada now ranks 20th globally, well behind allies like the United States and the United Kingdom but also middle-income countries like Poland and Serbia.
Canada's vaccination effort has also been outpaced so far by those in Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Arab Emirates, among others.
While a laggard compared to many other wealthy nations, Canada has administered more shots per capita than G7 partners like France and Japan.
Japan, with a population of 126 million people and just 5,400 COVID-19-related deaths, hasn't yet started its vaccination campaign. Unlike Canada, Japan is planning to produce 90 million shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine domestically.
Some observers have blamed France's "technocratic" system with its maze of red tape
COVID-19 vaccination in the G7

Doses administered per million population



inheriting a complete disaster
Even when accounting for population size, the U.S. has vaccinated 3 times more people per capita than Canada. The CBC's vaccine tracker estimates just over 900,000 doses have been administered in Canada to this point.
The U.S., with a population roughly nine times bigger than Canada, has fully vaccinated 3.8 million Americans with the two-dose regime of either the Pfizer or Moderna products, compared to about 150,000 people in Canada.
The U.K., a world leader so far, has administered at least one dose to 11.3 per cent of its people, nearly five times more per capita than Canada.

That country's vaccination efforts have been helped by an early approval of the product from Swedish-British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Health Canada regulators are still reviewing the company's promising vaccine for safety and efficacy.

You so excited about Canada you could always move

[BillyCarpenter]

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You so excited about Canada you could always move

I'm starting a GoFundMe account for Canada to help out with their Covid roll-out. Please donate. See link below:


GoFundMe.Canada.com

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You can't deflect your way out of this one. Trudeau made a deal with China for a covid vaccine. The people of Canada deserve better than Trudeau. What a desperation move. Trudeau needs to go back to dance school and work on his moves and you guys need to find a real leader. Canada is dead last on covid rolout out of all the countries in the G7.

Canada is the laughingstock of the world on Covid roll-out.



Canada falls to 20th in the world for vaccine doses administered

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Even when accounting for population size, the U.S. has vaccinated more people per capita


Canada has fallen behind other developed nations in the number of shots administered per capita as supply disruptions derail planned vaccinations.
According to data collated by the University of Oxford-based Our World in Data, Canada now ranks 20th globally, well behind allies like the United States and the United Kingdom but also middle-income countries like Poland and Serbia.
Canada's vaccination effort has also been outpaced so far by those in Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Arab Emirates, among others.

Japan, with a population of 126 million people and just 5,400 COVID-19-related deaths, hasn't yet started its vaccination campaign. Unlike Canada, Japan is planning to produce 90 million shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine domestically.
Some observers have blamed France's "technocratic" system with its maze of red tape
COVID-19 vaccination in the G7

Doses administered per million population



inheriting a complete disaster
Even when accounting for population size, the U.S. has vaccinated 3 times more people per capita than Canada. The CBC's vaccine tracker estimates just over 900,000 doses have been administered in Canada to this point.
The U.S., with a population roughly nine times bigger than Canada, has fully vaccinated 3.8 million Americans with the two-dose regime of either the Pfizer or Moderna products, compared to about 150,000 people in Canada.
The U.K., a world leader so far, has administered at least one dose to 11.3 per cent of its people, nearly five times more per capita than Canada.

That country's vaccination efforts have been helped by an early approval of the product from Swedish-British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Health Canada regulators are still reviewing the company's promising vaccine for safety and efficacy.

Cool! Thanks for posting this.
Some really interesting info.

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Hold on to your hat for this one. The poor just can't catch a break from Trudeau. Somewhere in Africa, a poor, person of color dies because Canada took their funds.

Canada taking vaccine away from poor countries.
Canada is the only G7 country to take vaccines from fund for developing nations

Data released today show Canada is the only member of the G7 to exercise the option to draw on a supply of COVID-19 vaccines meant primarily for developing countries.

The COVAX program, co-ordinated by the World Health Organization and Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, pools funds from wealthier countries to buy vaccines for themselves and for 92 low- and middle-income nations.

Procurement Minister Anita Anand told The Canadian Press that up to 1.1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine could arrive through COVAX by the end of March and up to 3.2 million total by the end of June. But the document released today by Gavi shows Canada has only been allotted 1.9 million doses.


Health Canada has not yet authorized the vaccine from AstraZeneca but a decision from the regulator is expected soon.

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Nova Scotia announced Friday that public health restrictions will be eased as of Monday, Feb. 8, to allow for some gatherings. The province announced no new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the active number of cases to eight. Two patients are in hospital, including one in the ICU.

... I am very fortunate to live in Nova Scotia during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is rare to see a person in public not wearing a mask when social distancing is not possible.