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November 24, 2023
Podcast: Lies About the COVID-19 Vaccine Spread by ‘Charlatans’ and Shamans (Spanish, Aymara, and Quechua)
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Who Are the Messengers of Fear of the COVID Vaccine in Aymara and Quechua Communities in Peru?
During the pandemic, myths and lies related to COVID-19 vaccines emerged, and they continue to...
Through interviews and hidden cameras, we recorded the main lies about the COVID-19 vaccine, spread by shamans and healers in the Quechua and Aymara villages in Peru.
They claim that the vaccine weakens the body; diseases appear years later; or that the vaccine eats white blood cells, causing death.
Other false narratives include the pandemic is over, and it is not necessary to be vaccinated, and the SARS-CoV-2 virus was created in laboratories by Jewish Zionists.
As of September 2023, Puno is one of the three regions in Peru with the lowest rate of bivalent vaccination against COVID-19.
Medical specialists from the Ministry of Health have clarified information about doubts about the COVID-19 vaccine, stressing that the pandemic is not over and that vaccinating everyone is the only way to eradicate COVID-19, as has been done with other communicable diseases like smallpox and poliomyelitis.
The Intipacha Association, a group of Andean sages, amautas, cosmic visionaries, and healers, warns that the messengers of the fear of COVID-19 vaccines are "charlatans."
This research was conducted with the support of the Pulitzer Center.
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