The vaccine, which was first administered by Carrie Lam and other senior officials, was suspected to be fatal within a few days of its arrival in Hong Kong. A 63-year-old man died of shock less than two days after the first day of vaccination. The incident was first revealed by the media and only admitted by the Department of health and the Hospital Authority; another Japanese woman in her 60s died after receiving the Pfizer vaccine. The successive outbreaks of suspected deaths after vaccination have deterred many Hong Kong people, and on March 3 there was a wave of vaccine “withdrawal”. However, the Hong Kong government insists on denying that the deaths are “directly related” to the vaccination.
It is reported that the 63-year-old Hong Kong man surnamed Lee, who died after the injection, has severe diabetes and lung disease, last Friday (February 26) in the first day of the vaccination, in the community vaccination center at the Jordon Kwun Chung Sports Centre, but the next day felt serious discomfort, to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for medical treatment after shock, died in the early hours of the 28th.
At least 200 people canceled appointments Kexing
According to the Secretary for Food and Health, Mr. Chan Siu-chee, on March 1, more than 20,000 people received the first dose of Kexin vaccine, and temporarily one person had palpitations after receiving the vaccine. But the 2nd rumor of suspected death by vaccination, the public’s confidence in playing the vaccine is obviously set back.
This reporter went to the community vaccination center at the Jordon Government Stadium where the death occurred on the 3rd and found that the number of people who were vaccinated was significantly reduced. Some people who came to play the vaccine confessed that they were “a little scared”, but they thought it was a pity to give up on the rare appointment, and they had to be accompanied by their families to play together. The person in charge of the center, Kwok Po Yin, admitted during a meeting with the media on the afternoon of the 3rd that one third to one half of the people who had made appointments had cancelled their shots, while more than ten people had temporarily refused to be vaccinated after arriving at the center. It is reported that the original 3 days there are 1,100 people booked, but at least 200 people canceled.
But he stressed that the right to give injections on the public, and said the center does not have a record of patient cases, “If there are concerns, to speak out.”
Kwok Po Yin also pointed out that the incident is only known through the media, “the Department of Health are not informed.” He also said there is no information on the 63-year-old man, but the information available shows that “he left with no irregularities.”
A number of democratic district councillors told the media that they had received requests for help from a number of elderly people who wanted to help cancel the registration for the Kexing vaccine. Some elders are worried that there is no opportunity to inject other vaccines after the cancellation, and hope that the government clearly explain. It is reported that some residents of Tsuen Wan revealed that they had been refused by a pro-communist district councilor to cancel the Kexing, and that the councilor had sent masks to encourage the Kexing.
In addition, by Fosun Pharmaceutical and BioNTech jointly developed the Fubertide vaccine arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday, the public can make appointments for vaccination from 3. But the first day response is not enthusiastic.
A comparison of the effectiveness and side effects of the three vaccines in Hong Kong. Source: The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Hong Kong, February 23, 2021 edition
Expert committee refuses to admit that vaccination caused death
By the evening of the 3rd, the expert committee set up by the government to assess the clinical events of the new crown vaccine met with the media after an emergency meeting, unifying the caliber that the death was not directly related to the vaccination.
Committee co-convener Kong Fan Yi said the patient had a serious smoking habit, diabetes, three high, as well as severe coronary heart disease, there are three cardiovascular serious occlusion. They assessed the most likely causes of death, including the patient’s coronary heart disease, which led to acute myocardial infarction as well as pulmonary edema, which caused the patient to die of respiratory failure. Therefore, after reviewing the information, the committee agreed that the cause of death is not directly related to vaccination.
Kong also said that the case has been referred to the coroner to follow up. The committee will wait for the full report of the autopsy to summarize the causal relationship of the patient’s death before giving a detailed account of the incident.
Dr. Ma Zhongyi: the elderly and long-term patients to play carefully
For the expert committee’s opinion, Dr. Ma Chung Yi, president of the Association of Public Medical Doctors, said in an interview that although the clinical symptoms of the deceased are not typical allergy symptoms, while there are long-term patients, but also can not “100% deny” and vaccination has nothing to do with the medical report and the coroner’s court identification results to make a judgment.
According to Ma, there is a lot of ambiguity in how to administer vaccines, and the government is only kicking the ball to the public and frontline medical staff. Unfair to the public, because they are not experts, many times ask the doctor’s opinion, the front-line health care workers are also very unfair, “they can not see the patient’s medical records, even if the patient has medical records, Kexing handed over to the expert committee report, caution list, over 60 years old are one or two, the drug companies have not spoken clearly in detail. Doctors themselves to fight or not, it is easy to decide. But doctors have to make a decision for the patient, it is very difficult.”
She also pointed out that the Kexing vaccine registered in the mainland, also do not recommend the elderly and long-term patients to play, coupled with the lack of phase III clinical data and low efficiency, so that the elderly and long-term patients should be cautious to play. “I contacted the elderly are more long-term patients, if from this point of view, as experts say, is not suitable for injection of Coxin. In addition, the vaccine has more or less effect on the elderly, are weaker than others.”
As for health care workers also belong to the ranks of priority to play Kexing, Ma Zhongyi said he would not play, “I do not consider Kexing, because the clinical data did not meet the requirements.” However, she pointed out that compared with the new arrival of Kexing and Fubitai, the former is more convenient than the latter because of more doses, vaccination sites and choices.
Hospital Authority was approved to delay reporting
The death after the injection was first reported by the media at 9:30 p.m. on March 2, before the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority issued a press release and held a press conference in the evening and early morning of March 3 to explain the incident.
For the Hong Kong government to wait two days after the death of the old man before disclosure, the Hospital Authority denied deliberately delayed reporting, said the patient was in an emergency situation, to March 2 to review the patient’s case when he was aware of the vaccination, but that communication can be strengthened. Dr. Lam Man-kin, director of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, claimed that he could not confirm the incident and the vaccine, and said that “the benefits outweigh the risks”, so he would not stop the vaccination program.
The government has not provided detailed guidelines on the injection of Coxing, Chen only said that there will be vaccination after the possible side effects, and in what cases need to seek medical advice online, while the Department of Health also referred to the World Health Organization strategy to strengthen the existing constant monitoring mechanism, and to make proactive monitoring.
Chinese vaccine diplomacy setback remedied by Hong Kong government’s political show
The credibility of the data on the KeXing vaccine, the first domestic vaccine delivered to Hong Kong by the Chinese Communist Party, and the effectiveness of the vaccine have been questioned. After the initial announcement of the Phase III clinical data on the effectiveness of the vaccine in Brazil, which was initially announced at 70%, the latest announcement on January 12 this year was only 50.4%, after questions of falsification. At the end of December last year, the Chinese Communist Party officially rejected the data released by Brazil; the Turkish data released afterwards claimed that the effectiveness was 91.25% or higher, but the effectiveness announced by Indonesia since then is only 65.3%.
On the other hand, two top officials of Sinopharm, which has been listed but has not been releasing details of its data, resigned in January, which some commentators saw as a precursor to the bursting of the domestic vaccine.
But just as the outside world questioned the efficiency of the CCP vaccine, a number of senior officials, led by Chief Executive Carrie Lam, took the lead in vaccinating Kexing on February 22. After the vaccination, Lam said she was “very excited” and “thanked the central government”, which was questioned by the outside world as a “vaccine loyalty show” and “politicization of vaccination The “politicization of vaccination”.
However, a few days later, it was revealed that people who were vaccinated on the first day of the vaccination on the 26th died of shock in two days.
He Liangmao, a senior current affairs commentator familiar with the problems of China and Hong Kong, said in an exclusive interview on the 3rd that the Kexing vaccine has been listed on its own official website as unsuitable for people over 60 years old and those with poorly controlled medication such as hypertension and diabetes, “I wonder if the Hong Kong government, the Department of Health or Epidemic prevention experts have widely informed all Hong Kong people of the contraindications of the Kexing vaccine, such as The 63-year-old man, before the injection, did not ask him clearly the information of long-term patients, if so, why to play?”
He questioned, both Kexing and national vaccines, have not passed the Phase III clinical trial report, but the Hong Kong Government spent taxpayers’ money to buy into, “regardless of the conclusions of the Coroner’s Court, the SAR Government is to blame, there must be officials responsible for these incidents. There are so many vaccines around the world, there are so many options, but because of political considerations, because of China’s ‘national prestige’ required, it is necessary to hastily introduce this Kexing into Hong Kong, and now is the first to die first.”
He pointed out that the incident also frustrated the Chinese Communist Party’s vaccine diplomacy, so I believe the Hong Kong government must find a way to “fill the wok” (remedy), “China’s vaccine development, vaccine diplomacy, went to Hong Kong to change the vaccine internal delivery is not reliable. In terms of this vaccine war, China will definitely lose, will lose the war. Because now such a vaccine, a week has not arrived, so little quantity has appeared when the fatal incident, although the Coroner’s Court has not ruled whether directly related, but has made the public public confidence in a big loss.”
He believes that this Time, senior officials to take the lead to play Kexing, a large number of people lined up to follow the trend, in fact, is the politicization of vaccines, “for the motherland to try the vaccine, with honor, Chen Zhaoshi went to the airport to meet the vaccine, as if deified general. These are completely contrary to common sense, fooling the people, actually happened in the international metropolis of Hong Kong, so that the collective shame of Hong Kong people, I think these few officials should first resign.”
He Liangmao reminded that “the base point of Hong Kong people to get vaccinated should be for personal health, ‘You have to know the risks if you are going to get vaccinated, there is no 100% cure for you, but you should not take it as a sacrifice for your country.’ And there are many people who are reluctant to fight, ‘thinking that their own immune system is the best vaccine.'”
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