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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by mywittyname on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:53PM (#26802073)
> As for Vietnam, it is an interesting case, and we don't have enough data to rule out cross reactivity or other factors playing a role.

They took shit seriously and everyone prepared the minute news reached them of a possible pandemic. A good friend of mine is from VN and he was shipping PPE back home to his parents around August or October of 2019.

I think most Americans don't realize how common pandemics have been in east Asia. To them, it's like preparing for any other natural disaster. It's like comparing the Michiganders response to a blizzard to that of Texans.

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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by loveistheanswer on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:26AM (#26807517)
>how common pandemics have been in east Asia.

This is why we need more data about cross reactivity playing a role in the relatively favorable health outcomes in Asia and Africa compared to the rest of the world.

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