IBOV 209,066.90 ▲ 1.38% IPSA 11,043.36 ▲ 0.17% IPC MEX 66,746.78 ▲ 1.06% MERVAL 2,828,027 ▼ 0.16% COLCAP 2,531.15 — 0.00% BVL PERÚ 60,956.11 ▼ 0.51% USD/BRL5.01▲ 0.40% USD/MXN18.33▲ 0.38% USD/CLP976.46▼ 0.04% USD/COP3,188▼ 0.18% USD/PEN3.45▲ 0.20% USD/ARS1,517▼ 0.02% USD/UYU40.18— 0.00% USD/PYG5,691— 0.00% USD/BOB11.69▼ 0.68% USD/DOP61.00▲ 0.36% USD/CRC449.86▼ 0.21% USD/GTQ7.64— 0.00% USD/HNL26.86— 0.00% USD/NIO36.62— 0.00% USD/VES874.61▼ 0.13% USD/PAB1.00— 0.00% USD/BZD2.00— 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD6.77— 0.00% EUR/BRL5.60▲ 0.74% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73% IBOV 209,066.90 ▲ 1.38% IPSA 11,043.36 ▲ 0.17% IPC MEX 66,746.78 ▲ 1.06% MERVAL 2,828,027 ▼ 0.16% COLCAP 2,531.15 — 0.00% BVL PERÚ 60,956.11 ▼ 0.51% USD/BRL 5.16 ▲ 0.01% USD/MXN 17.06 ▼ 0.24% USD/CLP 913.98 ▲ 0.04% USD/COP 3,140 ▲ 0.03% USD/PEN 3.36 ▼ 0.66% USD/ARS 1,493 ▲ 0.10% USD/UYU 40.27 ▲ 1.24% USD/PYG 5,939 ▲ 1.68% USD/BOB 11.64 ▼ 0.76% USD/DOP 58.34 ▲ 1.25% USD/CRC 445.92 ▲ 0.89% USD/GTQ 7.62 ▲ 2.21% USD/HNL 26.79 ▲ 1.57% USD/NIO 36.62 ▲ 0.69% USD/VES 762.44 ▼ 0.13% USD/PAB 1.00 — 0.00% USD/BZD 2.00 — 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD 6.70 ▲ 0.61% EUR/BRL 5.95 ▲ 1.01% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73%
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Opinion: Governors of the Brazilian Northeast want face masks back and more vaccination and why this is a bad idea

By · November 28, 2022 · 3 min read

(Opinion) The governors of the nine states and all parts of the Northeastern region that form the so-called “Northeast Consortium” asked this Saturday (Nov. 26) that breathing masks be made mandatory again because of the increase in cases of Covid-19 in the country.

This notoriously poor and underdeveloped Northeastern region is the only one in all of Brazil in which Lula da Silva got a majority vote and, therefore, the only one under the progressive-globalist influence of him and his new government.

Up to 50% of the people survive only because of the government handout ‘Brazil Aid, and their decision body on Covid-19 calls itself the ‘scientific committee’ of the block.

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According to the committee, a “new wave is beginning to form, with the number of new cases on Nov. 22, 2022, exceeding half a million, almost half the peak of the last wave in July of this year.

A claim that others in Brazil not only contradict but debunk as false. 

‘As most of the population is vaccinated, the number of deaths and hospital admissions is lower’ they falsely claimed what must be singled out as gross misinformation because it directly contradicts what the world knows.

This ‘Northeastern scientific claim‘ is in direct contradiction to what happens in (also progressive-globalist) countries such as Canada, Australia, Japan, and others.

These governments have been forced by powerful scientific bodies against their ideological imperative to pay damages to compensate vaccine-injured citizens of these countries for the sometimes fatal consequences of these experimental injections, which are called vaccines misleadingly.

These non-vaccines do not prevent the spreading of the virus or prevent the vaccinated from getting Covid-19 over and over again. Biden is one example.

Among the measures to contain this alleged ‘new wave’, the consortium asks the governments to resume measures such as the mandatory use of masks in closed environments or with crowds, such as public transportation, restaurants, movie theaters, schools, universities, etc.

Increase testing by SUS, with tracking and isolation of identified cases; apply the 5th dose of vaccine in older people; ensure access to effective drugs, such as Paxlovid and Baricitinib, and update stocks for new variants.

Brazil’s publicly funded health care system. Created in 1989, the SUS is the world’s largest government-run public health care system. It is free.

These measures could prevent what the consortium’s scientists or rather their ideological masters in Washington, New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Paris, and other capitals say and call a possible “triple epidemic.”

They say Covid-19 may also be associated with increased cases of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infections, which might be true most of all in vaccinated persons; the more vaccinated, the worse it gets.

PROGRESSIVE-GLOBALIST INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT

The progressive-globalist international movement is the main driver behind the sometimes mandate-driven vaccination agendas of all countries whose governments belong to these movements.

In South America, these are Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, and now with the new Lula da Silva government also, Brazil.

 

This article was drafted with automated assistance and reviewed before publication. How we use AI · Report an error · Editorial responsibility: Matthias Camenzind, Editor-in-Chief

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