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Hundreds of scholarship holders protested against the vaccine for covid-19 developed in China and the mandatory immunization, this Sunday (1), on Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo.
On the agenda, attacks on Governor João Doria (PSDB) and Mayor Bruno Covas, support for the President of the United States, Donald Trump, repudiation of the Coronavac vaccine, which will take place at the Butantan Institute, in São Paulo, complaints about the need to wear mask. and, of course, conspiracy theories.
Like the one that says that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory by China and that country’s vaccine would have microchips that would be inoculated so that all the world’s inhabitants could be tracked and controlled using 5G antennas. This theory states that this would be a plan of the global intelligentsia together with the pedophile billionaires, the Knights Templar and the Illuminati.
Whereas a Datafolha survey found, in October, that 17% of residents in São Paulo, 16% in Rio de Janeiro, 15% in Belo Horizonte and 20% in Recife do not intend to be immunized when the vaccine for covid-19 comes out, The agglomeration in Paulista represents a portion of the population, even if it is a minority. And that can grow.
Any of the vaccines that are being developed against the disease around the world will not be 100% effective. Natália Pasternak, doctor in microbiology and director of the Questão de Ciência Institute, explained to the column that, given this, “if you do not have a massive membership of the population, the number of people protected in the end may not be enough to stop the virus. Circular “.
And if that happens, the credibility of the vaccination system in Brazil will decrease with the population, which can lead to the growth of other diseases. The chief scientist of the WHO (World Health Organization) Soumya Swaminathan said that the organization could approve a vaccine with a minimum efficiency of 50%. “[Queremos uma com] at least 70% effective, but in the worst case, 50% effective, it could still be helpful. ”Public engagement, therefore, is critical to the success of herd immunization.
Here, the number of those who suspect the vaccine has increased due to the level of misinformation, especially rumors and false news that spread on social networks and messaging applications. Confusion with the Russian-produced vaccine, which initially did not release data on its tests, and the side effects of Oxford vaccine trials in the UK, also contributed to a feeling of mistrust.
At the same time, the behavior of the federal government helped poison the environment. President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) turned the vaccine into a subject of political dispute with the governor of São Paulo, using it to keep a portion of the roots of the most radical Bolsonarism mobilized and, furthermore, helping Donald Trump’s electoral campaign by polarize with the dishes.
Bolsonaro has said that “no one can force anyone to get vaccinated,” creating the false understanding that homes will be invaded for immunization, no matter how much has not happened here in more than a century.
Today, the obligation is due to the loss of access to benefits, Bolsa Família is suspended, for example, for those who do not vaccinate their children. But there was never physical coercion, since the population, when informed in a transparent and direct way about the importance of vaccines, voluntarily go to health posts.
In addition, any vaccine must be analyzed by Anvisa, the body that guarantees the efficacy and safety of the drugs, before its launch. The Bolsonaro government, which is critical of Coronavac, bought doses of the Oxford vaccine without certification. In other words, it’s not the people you care about.
But even if these hundreds of people are representatives of an exalted minority within the minority that does not want to be vaccinated, they are a sign that governments (those responsible, at least), civil society and the press should invest more in information campaigns . and answer questions from the population about covid-19 vaccines.
Pablo Ortellado, professor of Public Policy at the University of São Paulo and coordinator of the Monitor of Political Debate in the Digital Environment, who followed the demonstration this Sunday, said that the average age of the participants is higher than that of previous protests. And the profile is of historical supporters of the president, without the Lavajatista beau.
In other words, it is a group that closes with Bolsonaro. But there are other citizens who, given quality information, are capable of discerning and choosing the vaccine, regardless of their country of origin, as long as it is certified by Anvisa, by doctors and scientists, in the name of their good and the collective good.
The Bolsonaro government has promised to give us 50 years back. If the legacy of the pandemic is increased anti-science paranoia, this will ensure that we go back a century.
