We’re the Excelsior
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Yay!
(Michael Osterholm has been one of my heroes since I became aware of him while he was our Minnesota state epidemiologist in the 1980s and ‘90s. I’ve never met him or anything—just have always admired his intelligence and dedication.)
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how would announcing it earlier save lives 
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Anvisa, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency, temporarily suspends testing of the Coronavac vaccine, which will be produced by Butantan Institute.
Discontinuation of vaccine testing was determined after a ‘serious adverse event’, according to the agency.
In an interview with TV Cultura, the director of Butantan Institute said that Anvisa was notified about the death of a volunteer, but that it had nothing to do with the trials.
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well don’t leave us hanging here like a chad… were they actually robots wearing human skin or not!?!
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I look forward to the 20 minutes of absurd ad copy describing all the possible side effects…
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…reduced to 15 seconds of fast medical and legal disclaimers, like the ones in car ads:
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Fuck.
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Cause of death of CoronaVac vaccine testing volunteer was suicide, police say.
Anvisa suspended CoronaVac testing in Brazil on Monday after ‘serious adverse event’. In a press conference this Tuesday, the government of SP said that it was impossible to relate the death to the immunizer. Military police found the body of the victim in the bathroom next to syringes and medicine vials, according to police report.
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For a virus known to have neurological effects, it would be good to know if this subject had preexisting issues with depression or suicidality or substance abuse. Very sad story regardless.
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Very sad indeed.
But many versions are circulating through the media and social networks.
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The way some governments (including my own, of course) have politicized a public health crisis, the public health crisis of our generation, no less, is so insulting to our common humanity sometimes I can only rage…
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