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This Town Vaccinated Nearly All Adults Against Covid-19, Creating an Oasis in Brazil
WSJ ^

Posted on 05/07/2021 7:08:33 AM PDT by Brilliant

This town of 45,000 people in southeastern Brazil has been at the center of a unique experiment for the past three months: vaccinate nearly every adult against Covid-19 and see what happens.

In recent weeks, after most of the adults here got their second dose, Covid-19 cases and deaths plunged and life has started to return to normal as the pandemic continues to rage across Brazil…

The experiment in Serrana… offers new evidence of the efficacy of Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out in dozens of developing nations from Egypt to the Philippines...

Not everyone in the town was eligible, including minors under 18, adult women who are pregnant or nursing…. Of the roughly 27,700 eligible adults, 27,150, or 98%, were vaccinated…

Town officials and residents said they are thrilled with the results so far. Infections are down 75% from a March peak in Serrana, while there have been no deaths from Covid-19 among the people who were fully vaccinated…

“The numbers speak for themselves,” said Serrana’s mayor, Léo Capitelli. “It worked!”

In the waiting room of the town’s intensive-care unit, the effects of CoronaVac are already visible. “Only three weeks ago, this was so full, people had to stand,” said Lucia Elaine Caldano, the unit’s administrator, pointing to rows of empty chairs. In the past three weeks, only one person has been put on a ventilator—a woman who had refused to take the vaccine.

“There was a lot of fuss at the beginning, many people believed we were lab rats,” said Ms. Caldano. “But it’s been a blessing.”

It is a different story across Brazil, where 7% have been fully vaccinated. Almost a hundred are dying an hour from the disease, while thousands more languish in crowded hospitals…

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: brazil; sinovac

1 posted on 05/07/2021 7:08:33 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

One month from now: Epidemiologists are baffled as to why an outbreak of COVID is occurring several months after every person in town had been vaccinated.


2 posted on 05/07/2021 7:15:40 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

It’s a killed virus vaccine. Killed virus vaccines have not been associated with disease development.


3 posted on 05/07/2021 7:19:50 AM PDT by willfulknowledge
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Unfortunately, that was my first thought. I hope i am wrong


4 posted on 05/07/2021 7:20:19 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

This is not what the article confirms.


5 posted on 05/07/2021 7:26:10 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Brilliant

Sadly they’re using the Chinese vaccine, which is garbage. 50% efficacy. It’s (probably) better than nothing, but it’s not going to be as reliable as any of the western vaccines.

Do not ever trust China. Not with your money and not with your health.


6 posted on 05/07/2021 7:32:24 AM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: Brilliant

Oasis

LOL


7 posted on 05/07/2021 7:33:11 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Brilliant

Sounds good, but wait and see.

It does make sense that the people who gave us the disease could find a better vaccine. They were already working on it or had it prior to their releasing the virus on the world.

With the state of urinalists ( Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves) today, who can believe ANYTHING they say?

“Liar, liar, pants on fire
Your nose is longer than a telephone wire”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8rCy173y7Y


8 posted on 05/07/2021 7:44:52 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Brilliant

Darn. Keep feeding me more pap propaganda like this, and they’ll have me and everyone else worshiping the vax.

Second thought...wonder if the story is made up?? Nah. They wouldn’t do that. NO, no , no. Certainly not the MSM.


9 posted on 05/07/2021 7:47:11 AM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: Brilliant

Taking the vaccine is at the bottom of the IQ scale.


10 posted on 05/07/2021 8:01:13 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

As always lies. I just attended my local Mensa meeting nearly everyone there was vaccinated. For those that don’t know Mensa is for certified IQ two standard deviations above normal or higher aka geniuses. I gained membership in my 20s before finishing my first of multiple graduate degrees. You flat out are wrong and are being called out on it.


11 posted on 05/07/2021 8:20:03 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: JD_UTDallas

OMG, you are so laughable!!!


12 posted on 05/07/2021 8:26:25 AM PDT by sageburn
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To: JD_UTDallas

lol, you gained membership when you paid to be a member.


13 posted on 05/07/2021 8:33:25 AM PDT by sageburn
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To: Pollard; Travis McGee

Sounds like a “Utopia”....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU_yUBFmoxg&t=3s


14 posted on 05/07/2021 8:41:37 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: sageburn

Maybe s/he meant Densa.

🤔


15 posted on 05/07/2021 8:42:28 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: JD_UTDallas

Mensa or not, I see you didn’t follow my wording.

“Taking the vaccine” is designated as low IQ in my comment. Not the person taking it, but the act itself (and the specific mental process involved).

In other words, smart people often do stupid things, like “mensa” members taking the vaccine.

Next time, pay better attention to language.


16 posted on 05/07/2021 10:37:50 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: JD_UTDallas

LOL! A high IQ does not equate to intelligence! You have obviously proven that!


17 posted on 05/07/2021 1:06:22 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Brilliant

I’d like to shake the hands of the 550.


18 posted on 05/07/2021 1:13:27 PM PDT by piusv (Francis didn't start the Fire)
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