The hope brought by the arrival of the first vaccines in South America is hardening into anger as inoculation campaigns have spiraled into scandal, cronyism and corruption, rocking national governments and sapping trust in the political establishment.
Two ministers in Peru and one in Argentina have resigned for receiving or giving preferential access to scarce vaccines. A minister in Ecuador is being investigated for doing the same.
Prosecutors in those countries, and in Brazil, are examining thousands more accusations of irregularities in inoculation drives, most of them involving local politicians and their families cutting in line.
As accusations of wrongdoing ensnare more dignitaries, tension is building in a region where popular outrage with graft and inequality have spilled in recent years into raucous protests against the political status quo. The frustration could find an outlet in the streets again â or at the polls, shaping voter decisions in upcoming races such as Peruâs elections in April.
âThey all knew that patients have been dying,â said Robert Campos, 67, a doctor in Peruâs capital, Lima, of the countryâs politicians. âAnd they vaccinated all their little friends.â
The anger at powerful line cutters has been amplified by the scarcity of the vaccines. South America, like other developing regions, has struggled to procure enough doses as rich nations bought up most of the available supply. (...)
Covid-19, second dose, vaccine coursing through my veins like an avalanche coming down the mountain. All good so far although unlike the first dose this injection was not painless.
New findings suggest the Janssen/Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine can reduce the risk of an immunized person unknowingly passing along the virus to others.
The single-dose vaccine reduces the risk of asymptomatic transmission by 74% at 71 days compared with placebo, according to documents released today by the US Food and Drug administration.
I'm waiting to hear from our County Health doc as to whether I should get dose #2 or leave it for someone else. I have a feeling he'll say to get the shot.
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Covid-19, second dose, vaccine coursing through my veins like an avalanche coming down the mountain. All good so far although unlike the first dose this injection was not painless. Stay safe my friends!
Congrats!
Kind of hope I’ll get mine by June. I’m in between the, got 1 issue not 2 and I’m only 62.
And latest word is that we will probably need a booster shot late this year or early next year.
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Feb 25, 2021 - 8:52am
Covid-19, second dose, vaccine coursing through my veins like an avalanche coming down the mountain. All good so far although unlike the first dose this injection was not painless.
New findings suggest the Janssen/Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine can reduce the risk of an immunized person unknowingly passing along the virus to others.
The single-dose vaccine reduces the risk of asymptomatic transmission by 74% at 71 days compared with placebo, according to documents released today by the US Food and Drug administration.
My youngest builds refrigerated trailers. One of their customers in Arizonaârush ordersâis using theirs to hold bodies because they've run out of space in morgues and funeral homes.
A short film offering a firsthand perspective of the brutality of the pandemic inside a Covid-19 I.C.U.
My youngest builds refrigerated trailers. One of their customers in Arizona—rush orders—is using theirs to hold bodies because they've run out of space in morgues and funeral homes.
New findings suggest the Janssen/Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine can reduce the risk of an immunized person unknowingly passing along the virus to others.
The single-dose vaccine reduces the risk of asymptomatic transmission by 74% at 71 days compared with placebo, according to documents released today by the US Food and Drug administration.
The articles you link to contain the answers to your questions. Are you disputing those answers? posing them rhetorically? just trolling?
Do you have alternative answers of your own? I mean...I don't really care—the answers already available from credible sources suffice for me—but at some point I'll probably end up arguing with someone like you when there are actual consequences and I could use the practice.
