DISINFO: Sputnik V vaccine will stop pandemic
SUMMARY
Russia made the Sputnik V vaccine and showed that they could stop the pandemic themselves.
The West reacted with skepticism and indifference to this vaccine due to its ignorance of Russian scientific traditions.
The Sputnik V vaccine is a result of Russia’s historical scientific background. Western ‘storytellers’ have denied Russian scientific achievements for a long time now. Now it is surprised by the news about the creation of a drug.
The pharmaceutical companies of the US and EU are selling products at astronomical prices. Russia is not trying to get rich (selling the vaccine).
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the West and Sputnik V vaccine. This is part of a broader campaign to promote the Russian vaccine. The message traditionally includes the claim that the West is trying to discredit Sputnik V.
The critical view of the Russian vaccine is linked to the lack of transparency which accompanied its approval process. Doubts about the vaccine were expressed even by Russian specialists in the country. The reservations and criticisms of Sputnik V are caused by the fact that Russia did not complete large trials to test the vaccine’s safety and efficacy before releasing it. Rolling out an inadequately vetted vaccine could endanger people who receive it.
See similar examples of disinformation I.e., The West is campaigning to discredit the Sputnik V vaccine), that all doubts spread about Sputnik V are linked to a question of competition (see: Sputnik V is a target of a corporate Cold war), that Sputnik V is only one hope to fight the pandemic (see: Sputnik V is affective against the new strain but Europe refuses to buy it for political reasons), that Western pharmaceutical companies only think about profit (see: Vaccines produced by Western pharmaceutical companies are more dangerous that the Sputnik V as the private business are driven by profits) etc.