After the police in Shandong cracked the case of illegal vaccines worth 570 million yuan, a report called “The Death of Vaccines” swept our circle of friends, followed by a flood of related news that made it difficult to distinguish right from wrong, making all the pooches and mamas anxious. So, what is this Shandong vaccine case all about? What kind of trouble will it bring to us? Today, we will analyze it for you. 1.Will children become like in “The Death of Vaccines” if they are given the vaccines involved in this case? No. The story “The Death of Vaccines” was written by Guo Xianzhong, a reporter of Caixin newspaper, in 2013, and is not directly related to this case. In the introduction of the original report, Guo explicitly stated that for three years he had spent his spare time “searching for suspected cases of vaccine injuries,” exposing “a structural and institutional problem, from production, supervision, cold chain transportation to disability identification and compensation. So first of all, these cases are suspected cases. So first of all, these cases are suspected, not confirmed, and some of them have even been debunked. Secondly, there are many possibilities for vaccines to cause sequelae, such as the quality of the vaccine itself, or adverse reactions caused by vaccines with no quality problems at all, while the vaccine in this Shandong vaccine case only involves the cold chain transportation problem. 2. So what will happen to the vaccine if there is a problem with the cold chain transportation? The worst outcome officially determined so far is that the vaccine is ineffective. What does ineffective mean? If it is a disease like hepatitis B or chicken pox, which is not fatal under normal circumstances, then the vaccine failure is to increase the risk of disease, and if it is a disease like rabies or tetanus, then the vaccine failure is to kill. 3. How do I know if the vaccine I received is the one involved in the case? First of all, all the vaccines involved in this case are Class II vaccines, i.e. self-financed vaccines. The free class I vaccines that are administered according to national regulations are not involved in the case, so you can rest assured for the time being. What if you have received a class II vaccine? After the outbreak of this case, the information is still relatively open and transparent, and the official list of seized vaccines and the provinces and cities where the vaccines involved in the case have flowed has now been released. According to Xinhua, if you have recently received a vaccine and want to confirm whether it is safe, you can call 12320 to make inquiries. The first time I tested it in Beijing, the line was occupied, and the second time I got through. ACYW135 group meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine, live attenuated varicella vaccine, live oral rotavirus vaccine, inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (human diploid cells). 2 kinds of immunoglobulins: rabies human immunoglobulin, hepatitis B human immunoglobulin. 1 therapeutic biological product: bacterial lysate. 4. What will be the impact of this vaccine case on ordinary people? The deeper problem is that this case has triggered panic among the public. Some irresponsible media and self-publishers have stolen concepts in order to make a splash. For example, many media outlets that reprinted “The Death of Vaccines” deleted the “introduction” part of the original report, directly misleading people to believe that the case in “The Death of Vaccines” was directly related to the current vaccine case in Shandong, and some even took advantage of people’s emotions to promote the rhetoric of vaccine boycott. When more than a certain number of people choose not to be vaccinated, it will not have an impact in the short term, but in the long term it may cause a major outbreak of a certain infectious disease in some future period. 5. How did the children in “The Death of Vaccines” get sick? What about avoidance? Again, the illnesses of the patients in “The Death of Vaccines” are suspected to be vaccine-related, and some of the cases have even been debunked. Of course, vaccines do have a very low probability of causing serious consequences for two main reasons: 1) Problems with the quality of the vaccine itself It could be a problem in any part of the development, manufacturing, or review. 2) Adverse reactions to safe vaccines As we all know, there is a long list of possible adverse reactions written on the manual of any drug, and the same is true for vaccines. We can only say that mankind is not strong enough, even for safe vaccines, there is a one in a million chance of adverse reactions, some of which are mild and some of which may be disabling and fatal, and we sincerely hope that the development of technology will one day lead to absolutely safe vaccines. However, the general public should not refrain from taking vaccines. The probability of serious consequences is much higher without vaccines than with vaccines, otherwise the government would not have spent huge amounts of financial resources to provide free first-in-class vaccines to children. If everyone does not get vaccinated, the resulting mass outbreak of infectious diseases would be devastating. The good thing is that the first class vaccine is currently mandatory by the state. 6. What should we do? The public should indeed be accountable and put public pressure on the relevant suspects and regulators. But in this process, remember to always distinguish the authenticity of information, forward reliable messages, and do not spread sensationalized fake news, or we will end up hurting ourselves. Reminder: Now that it has been a year since the problematic vaccine was issued and most infants and children have not been affected by the first class vaccine, as the general public, they should continue to follow the regular procedures and choose regular, large medical institutions/epidemic centers for vaccination, and should not choke on it and compromise the health of their babies.