Sandra Pitta slammed scientists for ‘asking to be trusted’ in Russian vaccine

The researcher of Conicet, Sandra Pitta, he criticized the vacuna rusa Sputnik V and he particularly pointed the finger at the scientists who defend it: “They say we must tenerle fe, it’s something religious, here it is not a question of faith “.

Interviewed by the news channel TN, the scientist said: “I am struck by a lot of emphasis on faith, groups of scientists more adherent to the government they say you must have faith in what he says Carla Vizzotti. But faith is something religious, here it is not about faith. In a group, I got so bad that I told them that they looked like the cult of Jim Jones “,

“They are going to have so much confidence that they are going to accept anything without criticizing and that will make a profound damage to public health. I never said the Russian vaccine is good or bad, it can be amazing, but without scientific evidence it can’t. I trust the other drugs because there has been a whole process of approval and testing. It’s not a matter of faith, it’s trust. They improvise and appeal to the emotional. Everything is based on faith“, he expressed.

Sandra Pitta and Sputnik V: “What debate can you have with a vaccine about which you hardly know anything?”

In this sense, he also criticized the lack of data from Sputnik V: “The decision to buy one is very worrying. vaccine which is very loose papers and those twists and turns that don’t build confidence. For build trust must have absolute transparency, with data and evidence because the scientific and medical community must analyze them. “

“It amazes me to see that within the scientific groups, they do not perceive this, they are long-time professionals that I considered respectable. You can’t ideologize a vaccine. Everything was becoming very ideological. Science is data and evidence. When the political parties intervened, the debate ceased to be healthy and honest and became murky, ”he added.

Sandra Pitta and Sputnik V: “The president has no idea what he’s doing”

Sandra Pitta also left a curious comparison of the Russian vaccine with the sex of angels: “We are in a country where one day someone goes out and says let’s talk about the sex of angels. The answer is angels do not exist, there the debate is already canceled. But one week he starts to listen to people review the gender of angels, and we say that if we have already said that they do not exist. I know goes into a spiral where they start discussing some pretty crazy things “.

He also questioned that the vaccine is not yet approved for ages 60 and over: “Since before December, it was known that the vaccine had not been authorized for people over 60 years old. I drew my attention to the fact that it was only thanks to Putin’s words that they ‘have discovered. I don’t know if they really stumble or if they know and don’t say. Both things are possible, maybe there is a mixture of the two. A little desperation to bring the vaccine in 2020. “

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