Autor/es reacciones

José Gómez Rial

Head of the Immunology Department at the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), Servicio Gallego de Salud (SERGAS)

With vaccines, science and politics have been mixed in a way that has led to a loss of confidence in a tool that is estimated to have saved more than 20 million lives during this pandemic. The purpose of any vaccine is to prevent death, hospitalisation and serious illness, never to prevent contagion. It is true that some in the pharmaceutical company attributed to the vaccine capabilities that had not been demonstrated and for which clinical trials had not been designed. In short, the vaccine was 'sold' far beyond its capabilities (and the capabilities of all existing vaccines). This did tremendous damage to the vaccine and to science in general.

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