Russian media launched a smear campaign for a vaccine developed by Oxford University scientists, claiming that it would turn people into monkeys because it uses a virus found in chimpanzees. According to the British newspaper, the Daily Mail, Russian media outlets have reported, including a popular TV program called "Vesti News", Photos and videos indicating that a vaccine made in the UK would be dangerous; Due to its reliance on a sample of the common cold virus that usually infects chimpanzees, these allegations have spread widely on Russian social networking sites as well, and the pioneers of these sites circulated mock pictures showing a chimpanzee wearing a white coat of doctors in the laboratory of the giant pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, which cooperates with The University of Oxford to develop the vaccine, and the pioneers also shared other pictures showing British politicians who turned into monkeys after getting the vaccine. Some experts say that this campaign aims to hit sales of the Oxford vaccine in countries where Russia wants to sell its vaccine called "Sputnik". Last night. AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot condemned "the campaigns that try to undermine the company's work." He told the "The Times" newspaper that "scientists in (AstraZeneca) and many other companies and institutions around the world are working tirelessly to develop a vaccine and therapeutic treatments to defeat the Corona virus." He added: “Independent experts and regulators around the world are the ones who ultimately decide whether a vaccine is safe and effective before it is approved for use. Misinformation is a clear threat to public health, especially during the current pandemic, which continues to claim tens of thousands of lives, disrupts our lives and harms our economy. ”“ I urge everyone to rely on reliable sources of information, to trust the regulatory bodies and to remember the tremendous benefits that continue. ” Vaccines and drugs in bringing them to mankind. ”It is reported that at the beginning of September, Oxford vaccine trials were suspended due to the infection of one of the participants with an" unexplained "disease, and resumed after a few days in the United Kingdom and other countries, but they have not yet resumed in the United States.