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This is a great example. It's incredible than in all latin america no other country has developed a vaccine, having huge countries like Brazil, Mexico and Argen

This is a great example. It's incredible than in all latin america no other country has developed a vaccine, having huge countries like Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.

mixmastamyk 5y ago
Brazil partnered with a lab in China. Their govt made a lot of mistakes, but this doesn't seem to be one of them.
- marcodiego 5y ago
  > Their govt made a lot of mistakes, but this doesn't seem to be one of them. The FEDERAL government did made this mistake. Repeatedly: https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/veja-10-vezes-em-que-bolsonaro-criticou-coronavac-24843568 https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/veja-10-vezes-em-que-bolsona...
  - zanellato19 5y ago
    We do have a few vaccines in development here, but the federal government seems to want to block them all. There is ButanVac, there is one in development in UFPR and I'm sure there are others. Sadly, our federal government is beyond terrible right now, but I imagine we could have developed one of our own already.
- rbanffy 5y ago
  A state government partnered with China. The president criticised the vaccine that came from the partnership because the governor is his political rival.
  - mixmastamyk 5y ago
    I see, thanks.
fernandezpablo 5y ago
Can't believe people is so eager to believe in this without any real scientific publication of vaccine efficacy. Cuba lacks things so common as soap, to the point that you can bribe police officers or even pay sex workers with a tiny hotel soap bar or shampoo flask.
- xeornet 5y ago
  Your ignorance is unsettling. I ask you 2 questions: - Have you ever been to Cuba? - Have you ever read a scientific publication of vaccine efficacy? Let alone a medical paper of any form?
  - jorda0mega 5y ago
    have you lived in Cuba to say otherwise? Do you have family in the island without access to US dollars? This is the problem when people live a life devoid of real hardship. They get enamored with intellectually sounding bites and abstract papers. They lack common sense. Why do you see Cubans risk their lives on a raft for over 90 miles to migrate to the USA? If the country had such great means of production and wealth why is there a mass exodus? Cuba, as a dictatorship, is in the business of pushing propaganda, that's it! Everything they do is to secure an appealing international image (sending doctor's overseas while their own people die giving birth because of contaminations in the operating room, promoting ideals of fairness, etc). It's all bs.
    - sudosysgen 5y ago
      Have you gone to Cuba? I have. I'm calling you out right now, there is no widespread child mortality or shortage of soap in Cuba. I have been there. People leave Cuba nowadays because they are fleeing the law, or want to become rich which they can't in Cuba. It is in no way an exodus. Cuba has a net emigration rate of -0.11% per year, and has been decreasing every year for a decade or so. This is fairly normal of developing countries close to developped countries. To cite a number, Morocco which is similarly a sea away from the EU has an emigration rate of -0.14%. So indeed, Cuba's emigration rate is quite normal. The reason why people leave Cuba in rafts is because they don't have money for other forms of transport and/or because they are illegally immigrating. You'd be surprised but it's really hard to get into the US.
macinjosh 5y ago
They didn’t need to because they aren’t embargoed like Cuba is.
- yazantapuz 5y ago
  Cuba can freely trade with Rusia and China.
  - rbanffy 5y ago
    Overdependency on the Soviet Union had extremely painful consequences for Cuba after their collapse.
seu 5y ago
There is an Argentine Covid vaccine in development https://www.infobae.com/salud/ciencia/2021/04/23/la-vacuna-argentina-en-fase-preclinica-contra-el-covid-19-ya-tiene-nombre-arvac-cecilia-grierson/ https://www.infobae.com/salud/ciencia/2021/04/23/la-vacuna-a... (in Spanish)

This is a great example. It's incredible than in all latin america no other country has developed a vaccine, having huge countries like Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.

mixmastamyk 5y ago

Brazil partnered with a lab in China. Their govt made a lot of mistakes, but this doesn't seem to be one of them.

marcodiego 5y ago
> Their govt made a lot of mistakes, but this doesn't seem to be one of them. The FEDERAL government did made this mistake. Repeatedly: https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/veja-10-vezes-em-que-bolsonaro-criticou-coronavac-24843568 https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/veja-10-vezes-em-que-bolsona...
- zanellato19 5y ago
  We do have a few vaccines in development here, but the federal government seems to want to block them all. There is ButanVac, there is one in development in UFPR and I'm sure there are others. Sadly, our federal government is beyond terrible right now, but I imagine we could have developed one of our own already.
rbanffy 5y ago
A state government partnered with China. The president criticised the vaccine that came from the partnership because the governor is his political rival.
- mixmastamyk 5y ago
  I see, thanks.

fernandezpablo 5y ago

Can't believe people is so eager to believe in this without any real scientific publication of vaccine efficacy. Cuba lacks things so common as soap, to the point that you can bribe police officers or even pay sex workers with a tiny hotel soap bar or shampoo flask.

xeornet 5y ago
Your ignorance is unsettling. I ask you 2 questions: - Have you ever been to Cuba? - Have you ever read a scientific publication of vaccine efficacy? Let alone a medical paper of any form?
- jorda0mega 5y ago
  have you lived in Cuba to say otherwise? Do you have family in the island without access to US dollars? This is the problem when people live a life devoid of real hardship. They get enamored with intellectually sounding bites and abstract papers. They lack common sense. Why do you see Cubans risk their lives on a raft for over 90 miles to migrate to the USA? If the country had such great means of production and wealth why is there a mass exodus? Cuba, as a dictatorship, is in the business of pushing propaganda, that's it! Everything they do is to secure an appealing international image (sending doctor's overseas while their own people die giving birth because of contaminations in the operating room, promoting ideals of fairness, etc). It's all bs.
  - sudosysgen 5y ago
    Have you gone to Cuba? I have. I'm calling you out right now, there is no widespread child mortality or shortage of soap in Cuba. I have been there. People leave Cuba nowadays because they are fleeing the law, or want to become rich which they can't in Cuba. It is in no way an exodus. Cuba has a net emigration rate of -0.11% per year, and has been decreasing every year for a decade or so. This is fairly normal of developing countries close to developped countries. To cite a number, Morocco which is similarly a sea away from the EU has an emigration rate of -0.14%. So indeed, Cuba's emigration rate is quite normal. The reason why people leave Cuba in rafts is because they don't have money for other forms of transport and/or because they are illegally immigrating. You'd be surprised but it's really hard to get into the US.

macinjosh 5y ago

They didn’t need to because they aren’t embargoed like Cuba is.

yazantapuz 5y ago
Cuba can freely trade with Rusia and China.
- rbanffy 5y ago
  Overdependency on the Soviet Union had extremely painful consequences for Cuba after their collapse.

seu 5y ago

There is an Argentine Covid vaccine in development https://www.infobae.com/salud/ciencia/2021/04/23/la-vacuna-argentina-en-fase-preclinica-contra-el-covid-19-ya-tiene-nombre-arvac-cecilia-grierson/ https://www.infobae.com/salud/ciencia/2021/04/23/la-vacuna-a... (in Spanish)