Emotional, Fiocruz doctor defends vaccine revolt in reverse – Nacional



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Margareth Dalholm referred to the episode
Margareth Dalholm referred to the 1904 episode in which Cariocas rebelled against vaccination against smallpox (photo: Twitter / Fiocruz / Reproduo)

The pulmonologist of Fiocruz Margareth Dalholm, one of the most active doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic, was honored on Tuesday 8 with the personality of the year award by the Rio business group Lide. At the ceremony, which had as a guest of honor the elected mayor Eduardo Paes (DEM), Margareth was moved and called on the population, the government and the business community to embrace the cause of vaccination. “We need a Revolt gives Vaccine on the contrary. Today, contrary to what happened at that time, we need Rio to appear, ”he said, referring to the 1904 episode in which the city’s residents rebelled against the smallpox vaccination coordinated by physician Oswaldo Cruz. of which the honoree is part.

“It is not possible that Rio and other Brazilian capitals do not have a vaccine because they do not have a freezer to keep it at -80 degrees. The businessmen here will put a freezer”, predicted, emphatically, Margareth, who after the ceremony was sought by the class. business there.

At the same event, held in the southern area of ​​Rio and whose theme was social responsibility, the Movimento Unio Rio, in the company category, and the businessman Romeu Domingues, who won as business leader of the year, were awarded. Almost all the participants celebrated the return of Paes prefecture when they were invited to speak. “It is a pleasure to see you back,” the Fiocruz investigator told the mayor-elect.

Paes says the conversation with Doria had no request for a vaccine

Asked by the press about vaccination in Rio, Paes said the conversation between him and São Paulo Governor Joo Doria (PSDB), cited by the toucan on Monday, did not involve a formal request to send the CoronaVac vaccine. “I am not yet mayor, we have to be responsible in this matter. I am speaking, my secretary is speaking. We will take care of this from January 1,” he said.

According to the mayor-elect, the conversation with Doria occurred on the occasion of the appointment of the toucan Cristiano Beraldo to the Rio de Janeiro Tourism Secretariat, and the conversation about the vaccine was unpretentious.

“Governor Joo Doria is a person with whom I relate very well, I have a lot of intimacy. He did not lack the truth. I said that I would like to discuss the subject, but those who have to discuss it are only the technicians,” he said, saying that he only “expressed anguish” when commenting that he would like to have the vaccine before March. “We are in line with the expectation that there will be a national immunization program, which is normal.”

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