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Negative Impact of Rumors on Kostaive Is Immense: Meiji Pharma President
The uptake of Meiji Seika Pharma’s COVID-19 vaccine Kostaive is significantly affected by what is seen as unscientific information swirling around among a certain community of people, the company’s president Daikichiro Kobayashi said on October 8. The self-amplifying mRNA jab…
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