The head of the European Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO) thanked Russia for creating a vaccine against coronavirus.
A week ago, Hans Kluge doubted the effectiveness of the vaccine and worried that it might not help all population groups.
"After all, only its versatility can stop the pandemic."
But already now, after visiting Russia and meeting with the Minister of Health and the head of Rospotrebnadzor, the WHO representative has changed his mind.
The coronavirus vaccine is a new space.
This is for you the construction of a rocket, and a flight to the moon, and even the colonization of Mars.
Sputnik V vaccine - all in one.
In a race with the whole world, our scientists had to come up with something that, unlike space, would actually provide almost instantaneous assistance, benefit not in billions of light years, but here and now.
No matter how hard our foreign colleagues press us, obviously everyone is happy about the vaccine.
Of course, you can not trust the first research results, but this would be the case with a vaccine from any country, and this is normal, reasonable alertness.
But as a result, our vaccine is available, and all subsequent ones will be either its revision or repetition.
We see how many countries are resuming the quarantine regime, but somewhere it has not yet been lifted.
For almost a year now, people have not left the maximum caution regime.
Russia, on the other hand, initially tried to act forward, anticipating fears and the spread of an insidious virus, thinking several steps ahead not only in the field of treatment, but, as we now see, prevention, global salvation.
The vaccine was not invented by Chinese scientists and doctors, who had more time, because they faced covid before the rest of the world, not American, because all their forces were thrown into salvation from the consequences of unreasonable government.
I understand that all this sounds like a patriotic heresy, but even without this pathos of an enthusiastic and proud compatriot, absolutely dry and impressive facts can be distinguished.
It remains only to wait for the results of the third phase of clinical trials and see if the volunteers turn into zombies.
Russia is like a big and terrible, mighty bear that frightens.
They try to restrain him, poke him with sticks, frighten him with electric discharges, set traps.
In general, they behave in a frightened and hysterical manner, not trying to understand that such force and power can and should act for the good, the main thing is not to interfere with it.
In such a metaphorical sense, Russia is power, it cannot be stopped, it is meaningless, because it is part of its nature.
The rest of the animals should accept that they are not a bear, and submit, forgive me.
Humility will not only help you recognize other people's victories, but also reveal your own potential.
And if you do not interfere with the enormous driving force of the greats of this world, then everyone will be fine, the victory of one will be a common victory.
When the studies are over (and the same head of the WHO European Bureau is sure of their positive result), we can only hope that the pride of the rulers of foreign countries will not stop them from using the vaccine.
It would be foolish and imprudent to abandon a ready-made and already proven vaccine and endanger the population just because of political games.
Not using the current medicine for coronavirus, which also came to pharmacies, or the vaccine just because they were invented in Russia, is stupid and speaks only of a stigmatized consciousness unworthy of a modern person.
As a result, years later, I am sure, despite, in fact, persecution and pressure from other states, humanity will be able to appreciate our decisive contribution to the fight against the pandemic.
We have not only invented and are testing a medicine and a vaccine, but we are also ready to share our knowledge.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.