are two areas where where Cuba done well. Hopefully, they have been able to develop real and effective and safe vaccines. Efficacy-wise, there seem to be significant issues with Sinopharm and enough deaths and horror stories w/the various western (Astra Zeneca, J&J, Pfizer, Moderna) to hope they've come up with something better.

And, as they have no institutional bias against cheap and effective therapeutics, the Cubans will likely readily employ things like HCQ and Ivermectin that Americans (or Japanese) face obstacles to receiving.

Agree, in general, about sanctions and their abuse. Would love to see a presidential candidate pledge to suspend all sanctions and states of emergency for 90 days on taking office - and not to re-impose any except on a case-by-case transparent review.

Might not do much to enhance their chances of surviving to take office, though, if it looked like they had any chance at winning...

"I have nothing. Yet, I regret nothing. (June 17, 2021)

RIP John McAfee 1945-2021

Remember how Trump was ridiculed for mentioning "injecting bleach"?

Everyone 'knew' he was insane and irresponsible, right? Well, maybe not so much.

You won't find any mention in the MSM of the fact that 'bleach' (chlorine dioxide) therapy employed by a scratch team of Ecuadorian doctors saved hundreds of lives in Guayaquil in 2020. Yet one of the lead doctors involved who had Covid and feels his life was saved by (injected) CLO2 - also fears that the lives of himself and his team are in danger from what he terms the "Pharma mafia" precisely because of his own example as 'living proof' and that of others having survived Covid with a cheap and safe therapeutic.

(English translation has significant problems - between subtitles and dialogue though, those with modest Spanish skills should get the main bits)

Dr. Mauricio Quinones Mendoza interview
(Spanish w/English subs - May, 2020)

Dr. Andreas Kalcker on the Guayaquil trial - Oral Chlorine Dioxide Therapy
(100% recovery in 104 patients)
(English - May, 2020)

Covid-19 section of Kalcker's main ClO2 website:

https://andreaskalcker.com/en/coronavirus/introducción.html

Some unsung heroes here.

as Ovals49 referenced above, needs to be distributed far and wide. I'm getting my own Rx from my doctor as a preventative method. He's not on board with what our medical/pharmaceutical professions are espousing. He's on board with Dr. Pierre Kory.

has no obligation to give a nod to morality. When philosophy of governments (China, Russia, US etc. ) becomes the servant of economic warfare, the rest of the world is viewed as either allies of foes. For all our problems the last thing we do is look to other nations for solutions to our problems. Health care, unemployment, child care, education, on and on, other nations have invented systems to serve their citizens. Take cell phone service, poorer smaller countries have cheaper and faster communication and internet, while the US business model is to capture the market and charge the maximum rates for the slowest, antiquated service. This is what our government exists for, the profits of the status quo.

We'll never forgive Cuba for kicking us (and our corrupt puppets) out and working with Russia, until we can overthrow their government and put things back the way they were.

Cuba has it's problems, but in many ways it's willingness to aid other countries in health care is morally admirable. We aid countries too, in a different way. We send them bombs and missiles. Sometimes in crates, sometimes flying through the air.

Cuba’s vaccine development success should be the impetus to lift sanctions and end the embargo

Despite battling the pandemic while under a US-imposed siege, Cuba managed to contain its outbreak and develop its own highly effective vaccine candidates. The US should accept Cuba as its own nation and normalize relations.

Cuban officials announced on Monday that its homegrown, three-shot Abdala vaccine has proven to be 92.28% effective in its final stage of clinical trials. The announcement follows similar news over the weekend, when another Cuban-developed vaccine candidate, Soberana 2, was announced to be 62% effective with just two of its three doses.

This is a huge milestone for Cuba. Its biotech industry is wholly self-reliant because of the decades-spanning US embargo placed on the country for the express purpose of crippling its economy. Cuba’s Covid-19 vaccine development, coupled with all of its success over the years in biotech, prove that the embargo is not working; that is, it’s not advancing “democracy” or “human rights” (code for regime change) in the country.
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So far, however, after a review process Biden renewed the sanctions in May on the grounds that Cuba is “not cooperating” with anti-terror efforts, which is, again, a complete and utter lie. If anything, Cuba may be one of the largest victims of international terrorism (from the United States) in history and has always cooperated without exception to advancing global solidarity and peace.

That’s why, for example, Cuba supported revolutionary movements around the world in the 20th century that helped liberate the world’s most exploited peoples from tyranny. It’s also why, at this stage of history, Cuban medical brigades have received numerous Nobel Peace Prize nominations through the years, including many during the COVID-19 pandemic, for their valiant efforts in helping the world’s most downtrodden people.
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Cuba’s vaccine development and plans to produce these vaccines for those most in need around the world are merely an extension of Cuba’s undying spirit of internationalism and solidarity. That’s why attempts to make Cuba “free” through embargoes and sanctions will never work, because the Cuban people are undoubtedly more free and prosperous now when compared to their oppression under the heels of American imperialism; that is, when they were kept illiterate, uneducated, homeless and starving.
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The first time I heard the term "vaccine apartheid" was from The Intercept. An article was criticizing American pharma for not sharing vaccine technologies with developing world. No mention of Russian, Chinese, or Cuban vaccines in development. The whole tone of the article was that only big pharma vaccines could save countries outside the West. I have read the same in other articles about vaccine apartheid that implicitly only Western made vaccines can save the world.

From reading non-Western news sources, it appears that the Russian and Chinese vaccines in particular are vaccinating the rest of the world (except for Astra which has worked with Indian supplies to produce it locally). This in the face of pressure from American and EU governments to prevent their use. A number of countries have already started producing the Sputnik V vaccine locally in massive doses (such as Argentina and India). Hopefully the same for the Cuban vaccines very soon.

The West has accused the Chinese and Russians of using "vaccine diplomacy" to gain diplomatic advantage for their nefarious agendas. And Russia and China winning due to actions from Pfizer whose demands are extortion levels. The State department should talk to pharma about their horrendous demands as they are helping to lose vaccine diplomacy. I am sure though pharma will tell State department to remember whose interests they are serving.

[video:https://youtu.be/TOxjcvi5KIo]