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Brazil’s distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine has been tumultuous. Brazil’s primary strategy was to manufacture 100 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. This process has been delayed countless times, forcing the Brazilian government to turn to a plan B. Brazil administered their first vaccine on Jan. 17, according to Reuters.
Brazilian President Bolsonaro is forced to reevaluate their approach to Covid-19 after the AstraZeneca vaccine is deemed ineffective (Envato Elements).
Brazil is using China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd vaccine. This vaccine is only shown to be 50% effective according to Reuters.
Brazil is not expected to receive doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine until late March. Brazil has been one of the hardest hit countries by the pandemic. The country has tallied 218,000 deaths, second only to the U.S. Brazil has also only vaccinated less than 0.5% of their population, according to Reuters. The newcomers to the Brazilian Health ministry failed to secure
Brazilians defend white-hooded mascot that promotes coronavirus vaccines after his attire is compared to the KKK costume
Twitter user @RoxxaneLaWin blasted the Brazilian Health Ministry s mascot after versions of it appeared to be wearing hoods similar to the ones used by the KKK
Several individuals were recently seen in a costume of Zé Gotinha, a mascot created in 1986 to promote the polio vaccine to children and their parents
The mascot, translated as Little Droplet , is now being used to promote the coronavirus vaccine in Brazil
In a recently deleted tweet that sparked outrage, @RoxxaneLaWin said the Health Ministry should have gone through more levels of checks and approvals
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For almost three decades, Brazil’s baile funk music genre has been attacked by conservative groups and reactionary media. Now, however, leading figures from this home-grown hip-hop scene are taking a stand in defense of the Brazilian people, in an attempt to rescue the country from its current political and health crises.
There’s a connection between baile funk and the pandemic in the name of the Butantan Institute, the São Paulo-based body responsible for research and manufacture of supplies for the Brazilian public health system. “Butantan”, in the indigenous Tupi Guarani language, means crushed soil. But it also looks and sounds a lot like ‘Bum Bum Tam Tam’, the title of a 2017 baile funk song by MC Fioti.