Re <<Shares of cruise operators fell after U.S. health officials said travelers should avoid them even if they're vaccinated.>>
... I am guessing that on a long-enough cruise, especially if a quarantined-cruise to nowhere, maybe all on board get sick, demo clearly-enough that something isn't quite right with either the numbers, and/or the marketing of liquids.
time shall tell.
In the meantime, Pfizer tees up what looks like true science, after it is clear-enough that 'another' liquid, an actual vaccine, appears to work and well, without worth-mentioning health complications and logistic difficulties.
Let us watch what happens ...
(1) Back in February of 2021, the usual suspect MSM reported
(1-i) WSJ May 7th, 2021 wsj.comA Small Brazilian Town Is Beating Covid-19 Through a Unique Experiment
(1-ii) Bloomberg May 31st, 2021 bloomberg.com
Sinovac Shot Controls Covid in Brazil Town After 75% Covered Vaccine prevents 80% symptomatic disease in town of 45,000 Deaths, hospitalizations and cases dropped sharply in Serrana
(1-iii) CNN June 6th 2021 edition.cnn.com
How a vaccination experiment known as 'Project S' transformed one small Brazilian city
(1-iv) Economist June 12th 2021 economist.com
A town in Brazil has vaccinated nearly everyone against covid-19 Its success shows what could have been in the rest of the country (2) Finally, an update unreported by the usual suspects but by local English language media agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br
Butantan study shows higher efficiency of CoronaVac It also found 99% of vaccinated people in Serrana seroconverted ... These are the first figures from the Butantan research on the city that saw the execution of Project S—whereby all of the population aged 18 and above were immunized, in February ...
(3) NYT October 10th, 2021 nytimes.com
Pfizer will vaccinate entire city in Brazil as part of study.
Published Oct. 10, 2021
Updated Oct. 19, 2021
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In the southwestern Brazilian city of Toledo, you won’t find much vaccine skepticism. About 98 percent of eligible residents there have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, according to municipal officials.
Most received the vaccine offered by Pfizer, and this week the drug maker said that presented an opportunity: Pfizer announced that it would fully vaccinate everyone in the city over the age of 12 so it can carry out a study of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.
The company will work with local health officials, a hospital, a university and Brazil’s national vaccination program to monitor the transmission of the coronavirus in a “real-life scenario” after the whole population has been vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech serum, Pfizer said.
The study will follow participants for up to one year to investigate how long vaccine protection lasts against Covid-19 and new virus variants.
“Here we believe in science and we lament the almost 600,000 deaths from Covid-19 in Brazil,” Mayor Beto Lunitti of Toledo said in announcing the Pfizer study.
The study comes after the experimental inoculation of almost every adult in the southeastern Brazilian town of Serrana. That experiment was believed to be the first mass trial of its kind in which an entire town was vaccinated against the coronavirus before the rest of the country.
The experiment in Serrana was conducted over three months in winter and spring. Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine was put to the test in the town of 45,000. It was a resounding success, with steep drops in new cases, hospitalizations and deaths, at a time when the rest of Brazil was in the grip of the pandemic.
Brazil Coronavirus Map and Case CountSee the latest charts and maps of coronavirus cases, deaths and vaccinations in Brazil.
Brazil has suffered one of the world’s highest death tolls from the pandemic. About 600,000 people have died from Covid-19 in Brazil, according to a New York Times database. Though many experts believe the true death toll may be higher, that is the world’s second-highest death toll. More than 710,000 Americans have died.
Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ambivalent about the importance of vaccines. Many Brazilians have expressed anger at how slowly their government acquired vaccines and a corruption scandal involving vaccine deals.
Adeel Hassan is a reporter and editor on the National Desk. He is a founding member of Race/Related, and much of his work focuses on identity and discrimination. He started the Morning Briefing for NYT Now and was its inaugural writer. He also served as an editor on the International Desk. @adeelnyt
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