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that I agree with you. Destabilization, confusion specially in France and German, Countries with lower vaccine acceptance among the population. Vaccine now is t

that I agree with you. Destabilization, confusion specially in France and German, Countries with lower vaccine acceptance among the population. Vaccine now is their "black lives matter" in the sense that it will definitely be used to divide the population. Brazil however has a high vaccine acceptance, around 95% of the population want to be vaccinated, therefore Brazil has a huge market for vaccine (internal market and as distribution hub for south America) and in that case, I see how market their vaccine would make sense, specially now that there is a strong lobby there trying to get it approved by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-health-regulator-anvisas-technical-staff-recommend-against-importing-2021-04-26/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-health-regulat... https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-health-regulator-technical-staff-recommend-conditions-any-approval-2021-06-04/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-health-regulat...

jfengel 5y ago
I hadn't realized that. Their moderately popular President is a vaccine denier and I assumed that translated to the popular in about the same way as the US (whose previous President appears to be a model for Bolsonaro).
- djrogers 5y ago
  > I assumed that translated to the popular in about the same way as the US Not quite sure what your suggesting here - I’m having some trouble following your logic. You seem to be implying that the US vaccination rate problems are because Trump was anti-vax, but that’s not remotely accurate. In fact, during the last presidential campaign it was the opposition who were skeptical of a ‘trump vaccine’. Trump also got the shot, and encouraged people to get it too - he saw the vaccines as part of his presidential legacy.
  - raphlinus 5y ago
    Let's go to the data, as clearly perceptions can be skewed. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247642 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... Relevant quote from the abstract: "Our data demonstrate that Donald Trump, before his profile was suspended, was the main driver of vaccine misinformation on Twitter."
  - jfengel 5y ago
    That's the weird part. He could be so much more successful at making vaccines his legacy. Make a PSA for Fox News: "Joe Biden is trying to steal vaccine for blue states. Demand my vaccine!" The vaccination rate in the US would double over night. Instead, he spent so much time insisting that the virus was a hoax, or unimportant, that most people (including his supporters) think of him as anti-vaccine. There's an incredibly straight line between electoral support for him and vaccination rates: https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-is-growing/ https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covi... He really could have been the hero he imagines that he is. It would be so easy.

jfengel 5y ago

I hadn't realized that. Their moderately popular President is a vaccine denier and I assumed that translated to the popular in about the same way as the US (whose previous President appears to be a model for Bolsonaro).

djrogers 5y ago
> I assumed that translated to the popular in about the same way as the US Not quite sure what your suggesting here - I’m having some trouble following your logic. You seem to be implying that the US vaccination rate problems are because Trump was anti-vax, but that’s not remotely accurate. In fact, during the last presidential campaign it was the opposition who were skeptical of a ‘trump vaccine’. Trump also got the shot, and encouraged people to get it too - he saw the vaccines as part of his presidential legacy.
- raphlinus 5y ago
  Let's go to the data, as clearly perceptions can be skewed. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247642 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... Relevant quote from the abstract: "Our data demonstrate that Donald Trump, before his profile was suspended, was the main driver of vaccine misinformation on Twitter."
- jfengel 5y ago
  That's the weird part. He could be so much more successful at making vaccines his legacy. Make a PSA for Fox News: "Joe Biden is trying to steal vaccine for blue states. Demand my vaccine!" The vaccination rate in the US would double over night. Instead, he spent so much time insisting that the virus was a hoax, or unimportant, that most people (including his supporters) think of him as anti-vaccine. There's an incredibly straight line between electoral support for him and vaccination rates: https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-is-growing/ https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covi... He really could have been the hero he imagines that he is. It would be so easy.