Well it is out of hand in Brazil. Bolsonaro essentially followed Trump's example: "Its only a flu, Brazilians can just resist it and develop antibodies on their own", this created a serious impasse with his own health minister whom he wanted to sack out but apparently the Military intervened and stopped him.
Brazil is one of the countries in South America where government officials dismissed the pandemic entirely, like the attitude of a few forum members. My country shares the Amazon, and we also have Yanomami, i haven't heard about them getting infected yet. Here, to reach them you need like walk 3 days inside the jungle, with some river boat use. They have been victims in the past from (human) atrocities, usually related with illegal mining mafias.
Its not like people from outside never visit them, so the disease could have been easily carried in (you can carry it without knowing for a week, and even some remain asymptomatic all the way). If it hits them hard, it could easily wipe the community where it hits. They live in a kind of big round house with open roof except the inside walls around it where they sleep etc. So think communal house life like.
Topic: COVID-19 reaches indigenous Yanomami people in Amazon??? (Read 130 times)
not all indigenous people are the stereotype pushed by media
It is the fact, i am hearing about these group for the first time but the issue is that if they lack the knowledge about how to safe guard them.you would be surprised.
they know not to touch random things due to natural learning of not touching poison bushes eating poison food and animals. they know when someone is sick to separate them from the rest of the tribe.
its actually modern medicine here that makes people in developed countries have the false sense of immortality where they think if they get sick there will always be a hospital, a bed and all the meds they can ever ask for. thus they take risks/not care as much.
if you want to know which brazilian community are most at risk. its not the indigenous people. but instead the poor that live in the slum towns/shanty downs/favela's
They must have just rolled out their new 5G network 
not all indigenous people are the stereotype pushed by media
It is the fact, i am hearing about these group for the first time but the issue is that if they lack the knowledge about how to safe guard them then they will be in danger as the virus will spread at an alarming rate and i do not think that Brazil could take care of the situation if the number of cases keep on increasing and their president still consider COVID as a simple flu and that is a dangerous combination for disaster. 
Since they are more isolated, they would have less resistance to diseases that most people had antibodies too. That means when a particularly nasty bug rolls through they could potentially be more effected by it.
I guess they already made contact with the other people who come from the country which have a pandemic, so they are infected indirectly. They don't know much about the virus, and they cannot identify people who made contact with them that person is already infected with the virus. That make some people from that place infected too. I hope that the virus is not spread in that ethnic like what we saw in the other places.
They own motor boats, trade along the rivers, buy fuel, have generators and wear t shirts and cargo pants. Most of them.
indigenous does not mean cavemen isolated or bush wild men..
it just means they and their ancestors before them all raised in the same area.
take for instance native americans.. they actually own casino's
indigenous people in brazil end up having jobs.. yep thats right some are actually hacking down and selling the very wood that protected their lands.
i know you might think that they are tribal people that kill anyone who ventures on their territory.. but i think you have been watching the blue alien move called avatar.. and not realised how modern day indigenous people live.
if you think that indigenous people are truly isolated.. then ask how did the cameraman in the article get to picture them (up close and personal).. where did the kid get the mirror from.
not all indigenous people are the stereotype pushed by media
it just means they and their ancestors before them all raised in the same area.
take for instance native americans.. they actually own casino's
indigenous people in brazil end up having jobs.. yep thats right some are actually hacking down and selling the very wood that protected their lands.
i know you might think that they are tribal people that kill anyone who ventures on their territory.. but i think you have been watching the blue alien move called avatar.. and not realised how modern day indigenous people live.
if you think that indigenous people are truly isolated.. then ask how did the cameraman in the article get to picture them (up close and personal).. where did the kid get the mirror from.
not all indigenous people are the stereotype pushed by media
How could it be possible that this virus is reaching a small tribe placidly settled in the middle of the thick Amazon jungle? 
Do they possibly have constant contact with the people on mainstream society?
I was also as puzzled how a member of the tribe ended up being tested for the virus infection. Was she feeling some flu-like symptoms and then went to a hospital somewhere miles away to have herself tested?
Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/covid-19-brazil-indigenous-yanomami-people-amazon-rainforest-12623672
Do they possibly have constant contact with the people on mainstream society?
I was also as puzzled how a member of the tribe ended up being tested for the virus infection. Was she feeling some flu-like symptoms and then went to a hospital somewhere miles away to have herself tested?
Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/covid-19-brazil-indigenous-yanomami-people-amazon-rainforest-12623672
they have trade networks, animals also might transfer the virus
animals can't transmit the virus to humans but they can be infected by humans. the most probable scenario is the woman got the virus from trading with other people in the market. and if she got it, the next best move is to test the whole tribe and disinfect them to prevent further spread of the virus.
How could it be possible that this virus is reaching a small tribe placidly settled in the middle of the thick Amazon jungle?
Do they possibly have constant contact with the people on mainstream society?
I was also as puzzled how a member of the tribe ended up being tested for the virus infection. Was she feeling some flu-like symptoms and then went to a hospital somewhere miles away to have herself tested?
Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/covid-19-brazil-indigenous-yanomami-people-amazon-rainforest-12623672
Do they possibly have constant contact with the people on mainstream society?
I was also as puzzled how a member of the tribe ended up being tested for the virus infection. Was she feeling some flu-like symptoms and then went to a hospital somewhere miles away to have herself tested?
Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/covid-19-brazil-indigenous-yanomami-people-amazon-rainforest-12623672
they have trade networks, animals also might transfer the virus
How could it be possible that this virus is reaching a small tribe placidly settled in the middle of the thick Amazon jungle?
Do they possibly have constant contact with the people on mainstream society?
I was also as puzzled how a member of the tribe ended up being tested for the virus infection. Was she feeling some flu-like symptoms and then went to a hospital somewhere miles away to have herself tested?
Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/covid-19-brazil-indigenous-yanomami-people-amazon-rainforest-12623672
Do they possibly have constant contact with the people on mainstream society?
I was also as puzzled how a member of the tribe ended up being tested for the virus infection. Was she feeling some flu-like symptoms and then went to a hospital somewhere miles away to have herself tested?
Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/covid-19-brazil-indigenous-yanomami-people-amazon-rainforest-12623672
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