The New York TimesFeb 7, 2022 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Every day, I have the same wish: that my 3½-year-old daughter can get her Covid-19 vaccine. Last year she seemed to be constantly sick. She was often feverish and coughing, or her nose was runny and her […]
Posts Tagged ‘vaccination’
The Brazilian President’s Latest Sabotage Efforts Have Failed
Posted: 11th fevereiro 2022 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Butantan Institute, children, covid-19, Jair Bolsonaro, vaccination
Bolsonaro May Not Actually Succeed in Destroying Us All
Posted: 12th agosto 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: AstraZeneca, coronavirus, Covax, covid-19, Jair Bolsonaro, Lula, Pfizer, vaccination, vaccine hesitancy
The New York TimesAug. 9, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — I don’t know if it’s because I finally got my first Covid shot — maybe hope is a side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine — but for the first time in this long […]
Miracle Cures and Magnetic People. Brazil’s Fake News Is Utterly Bizarre.
Posted: 8th julho 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, fake news, hydroxychloroquine, Jair Bolsonaro, vaccination
The New York TimesJuly 5, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Hydroxychloroquine is not effective against Covid-19. No. Definitely not. But Brazilians still aren’t sure. After all, just the other day a friend’s cousin forwarded a headline on WhatsApp claiming that all I.C.U. beds in the city of Miracatu […]
The Unveiling of Bolsonaro’s Supervillain Plot Is Weirdly Gripping
Posted: 29th maio 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, herd immunity, inquiry, Jair Bolsonaro, Pfizer, vaccination, vaccines
The New York TimesMay 27, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It’s not often that a congressional inquiry can lift your spirits. But the Brazilian Senate’s investigation into the government’s management of the pandemic, which began on April 27 and has riveted my attention for weeks, does just […]
Brazil Is Brilliant at Vaccinations. So What Went Wrong This Time?
Posted: 7th março 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, Jair Bolsonaro, Joe Droplet, SUS, vaccination, vaccines
It’s not hard to work out who to blame for the country’s disastrous vaccine rollout. The New York TimesFeb. 28, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — When it comes to Covid-19 vaccination programs, there are some countries that have exceeded expectations and others that have fallen surprisingly short. And then […]
Putting Brazilians’ Health at Risk
Posted: 12th dezembro 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Cuba, H.I.V., health care, Jair Bolsonaro, Mais Médicos, SUS, transplants, vaccination
Our public health system is a jewel. Can it survive four years of recklessness?
