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Fear of COVID-19 vaccine grows in Brazil’s remote Amazon – Meadville Tribune
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Navigating complex waterways to reach remote communities in Brazil’s Amazon is only the first challenge for Waldir Bittencourt, a nurse vaccinating…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Navigating complex waterways to reach remote communities in Brazils Amazon is only the first challenge for Waldir Bittencourt, a nurse vaccinating Indigenous and riverine people against COVID-19. Once there, he has faced something he didnt anticipate: a fear of the vaccine.
Its a recent phenomenon among Indigenous peoples, stemming from the polarization surrounding the vaccine, said Bittencourt, 32, who during his eight-year career has been involved in campaigns against tuberculosis,…
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