Red and White Vaccine

Covid-19 has brought the world to a halt, countries that have risen in rank, developed into living spaces that are better stopped by the presence of this virus. 

Not only the world stop, everyone in it too. Our lives have never been the same after the Covid-19 virus attacked. Therefore, when other countries began to develop vaccines not only for this corona virus but also for other countries, Indonesia also started its own. 

However, due to the extreme spike in cases, Indonesia was forced to spend a lot of money in more developed countries on vaccines. While the public may say that a focus on the Red and White Vaccine would be better than spending money on other countries, I would say that right now what Indonesia needs is extra immunity power before the next wave begins.

I would understand people's concerns about whether governments should 'give' money to other countries when they need money to do research for new vaccines, and in terms of future economies, they are right. However, for now, when things were critical, it was best to deal with the problem at hand.

The seven vaccines that have received EUA from BPOM are Sinovac, Covid-19 vaccine PT Bio Farma, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Moderna, Pfizer, and Sputnik V. Each type of Covid-19 vaccine has its own character, for example the number of doses and the interval of administration. . In addition, the Covid-19 vaccine platform is also different, some are developed from inactivated virus, RNA-based, viral-vector, and protein sub-units. 

However, all of them have been confirmed to be safe and effective in preventing the Covid-19 virus. "Yesterday we did a challenge test with the Delta variant and the evidence through WGS (whole genome sequencing) shows that the isolate we used in the challenge test was a Delta variant," Fedik said in a press conference via the BPOM YouTube channel, Wednesday.

This Red and White Vaccine made by Unair has begun to be tested against the Delta variant (B.1617.2). The head of the Red and White vaccine researcher from Airlangga University (Unair) Fedik Abdul Rantam said there were seven virus isolates prepared for testing.

The Head of the Red and White Vaccine Researcher Prof. Dr. Fedik Abdul dr. from Unair also implied optimism regarding the development of the Unair red and white vaccine. He said the inactivated virus-based vaccine that he was working on with Biotis so far has shown good results, especially from phase 1 and 2 clinical trials in animals. also cellular which produces promising results," he explained.

Since the development of the Red and White Vaccine has not been completed due to the need for unvaccinated volunteers, imports of the Covid-19 vaccine from China are necessary and not only that, building a vaccine factory in Indonesia will increase the spread of vaccines and reduce infected cases even more.

"Frankly, I don't understand Pak Luhut's logic. In my simple logic, we have to boost and oversee the research and production of the Red and White Vaccine with various policies that may be implemented by the Government. 

It's okay to promote the construction of foreign vaccine factories in Indonesia," explained the politician from the PKS faction. People wonder why the government chooses to mass import vaccines from other countries instead of providing funds for the development of the Merah Putih Vaccine.