TAIPEI – Chinese state media have played up questions about Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine and whether it could be lethal to the very old.
A government spokesperson suggests the coronavirus could have emerged from a U.S. military lab.As the ruling Communist Party faces growing questioning about China's vaccines and renewed criticism of its early COVID response, it is hitting back by encouraging fringe theories that some experts say could cause harm.State media and officials are sowing doubts about Western vaccines and the origin of the coronavirus in an apparent bid to deflect the attacks.
Both issues are in the spotlight because of the ongoing rollout of vaccines globally and the recent arrival of a WHO team in Wuhan, China, to investigate the.