Many Indian Doctors Doubtful About Covaxin

The government insists that both Covishield and homegrown Covaxin are safe, but many doctors are asking for a choice in vaccines.

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00:00And here, we got the vaccine, and if we are not taking it, then this, and particularly

00:07our health, health workers, it is a matter of grief.

00:11The Covaxin is being used, you know, on the health care workers for phase 3 trial, which

00:17we strongly condemn.

00:18The Covaxin is being used, you know, on the health care workers for phase 3 trial, which

00:31we strongly condemn.

01:02We are not fulfilling our societal responsibility if a vaccine assigned to you is not being

01:21taken.

01:22Please understand, the whole world is clamouring for vaccines.

01:25The consent form is very suspicious, where it mentions that the efficacy of the Covaxin

01:48is not proven yet, it needs to be studied.

01:51Where it mentions that the compensation will be given from the pharma company if there

01:56is any adverse event.

01:57Health workers should be given option of choosing a vaccine, and also we demand, at least government

02:02should provide a vaccine which has got at least interim analysis, that is half analysis

02:07of the phase 3, not before that.