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People in China are angry at fake vaccines for babies. This is not the first case of this kind that disrupts the population. But the state hardly reacts beyond the removal of articles and critical comments.
By Kai Strittmatter Beijing
And again he strikes the children. Their rabies vaccine was recommended by Changchun Changsheng Biotech for babies three months and older. Last week came out: Manufacturing data was wrong. Three days later, he caught another vaccine of the same manufacturer against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. More than 250,000 lots were clbadified as inferior. Many of them are apparently still in circulation. Possible effects? Neither the company nor the authorities have so far provided any information. "We are deeply ashamed," said the company, whose name means "Long Life," in a statement.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ordered an investigation Monday. The scandal has moved everything in the country as a topic of conversation number one. Anxiety, anger and outrage dominated the comment columns in social media. "These vaccines are being injected with you and your kids every day," said an essay in Wechat's social media service, which pointed out that the owners of the company in question in other companies were also producing vaccines for hepatitis B and influenza. Many internet users have vowed that they would never use the vaccines produced in China again
. It is the time of censors: critical articles and comments are erased in the agreements
The scandal strikes the heart of a consumer population deeply insecure for years a scandal after the other has unfolded: poisoned food, fake drugs – and there are only two years: the latest fraud scandal with unusable vaccines. "Safe Chinese vaccines!", Reported after the scandal, the Xinhua official news agency. "China now has a national management system that meets the standards of the World Health Organization and guarantees the safety of its vaccines," said Xinhua, an expert on the 2016 scandal, followed by the the 2010 vaccine. Before that, there was a scandal involving fake milk powder that left 300,000 sick babies.
And now the last shot. "A company that has lost and sold all its values and whose only profit and benefit counts", sees in Beijing the author Dai Qing at work, who had worked until their ban in 1989, even as an investigative journalist: "And a policy that corrupts this society and makes any surveillance impossible." Rage and condemnation are not a solution, it is said in a commentary of the Shanghai portal The Paper: "There is a lack of supervision and supervision."
In Beijing, an official badured because the affected vaccines are not circulating in the capital. The Party Gazette People's Daily called on the authorities to act quickly: "Prevent the spread of fear and anger." As always in such cases, censors in particular have understood this as a call for excessive zeal: critical articles and comments are erased in agreement.
That does not solve the deep mistrust. It became known that the regulator in Shandong Province has now fined 3.4 million yuan on Changsheng, the equivalent of about 428,000 euros – last year, the company listed reported a profit of 566 million yuan. And in the annual report of the company, more than 48 million yuan of government subsidies have been registered for 2017 only – 14 times the amount of the fine.
What makes many parents among commentators "lose confidence in the system" (19459019) The South China Morning Post, are its fundamental flaws that make every scandal reappear: its lack transparency and corruption, the consequences of illegal activities, the apparent inviolability of many responsible persons.
The American civil rights activist Wang Yaqiu reported on Monday three Chinese destinies copies on Twitter: There is Guangzhou Tang Jingling lawyer, who once represented the victims of defective vaccines and who is now in prison.There is the reporter Wang Keqin, who revealed for the China Economic Times in 2010 that several hundreds of Shanxi children had died of lower vaccines or had serious disabilities – he was fired after history.And there is Sun Xianze, the official who co-wrote laughed poisoned milk powder in 2008. He was promoted in 2012 and is now deputy minister of the Food and Drug Regulatory Authority, including for vaccines.
"This is not the first time," wrote Wang Yaqiu. "And it will not be the last time."
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