CCP Deletes State Media Reports Raising Concerns Over CCP Virus Vaccine

Amid China’s race to develop a vaccine for the CCP virus, specialists recently told Chinese state-run media about the risks of an adverse reaction known as antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). But within hours, the report was removed and reposts were scrubbed from the internet. The human body generates antibodies after contracting a virus. Scientists have found that some viruses can manifest ADE, meaning antibodies triggered by the first infection could connect the second viral strain to receptors on immune cells—thereby allowing the virus to enter immune cells. This could potentially trigger a patient who is infected by one strain of a virus to suffer a more serious recurrence of the disease if they are infected by a second strain later on. As vaccines work by containing toxins or surface proteins of a bacteria or virus, which stimulate the body’s immune system to recognize the pathogen as a threat and produce antibodies to destroy it, the potential for ADE is often considered when designing vaccines. U.S.-based China affairs commentator and former medical doctor Tang Jingyuan said the Chinese regime’s push was irresponsible and akin to treating Chinese citizens “as lab mice.”