Jorge Capelán, Managua con Amor, April 6th 2020
https://managuaconamor.blogspot.com/2020/04/por-que-van-tan-pocos-casos…
Vaccination policies against tuberculosis (BCG) in the world. In blue countries
this vaccine is mandatory. Source https://vacunasaep.org
The answer to this question, in addition to the plans and protocols applied to date by the authorities, the Ministry of Health and the organized community, could lie in the Sandinista vaccination policies implemented over the past 40 years.
According to a note from the news outlet RT, researchers at the New York Institute of Technology say there is a correlation between coronavirus mortality rates and the widespread use of the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis.
"We found that countries without universal BCG vaccination policies, such as Italy, the Netherlands and the United States, have been more severely affected compared to countries with longstanding universal BCG policies," the authors said.
The researchers define the BCG vaccine as "a potential new tool in the fight against Covid-19.”
This is the RT News note: https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/348666-podria-antigua-bcg-matar-coronavirus
Well, you know what? In 2013 Nicaragua had the highest BCG vaccination coverage rate in Latin America for children under 1 year old at 100%. The Central American average coverage was 89%.
BCG vaccine coverage in 2013: Nicaragua 100%; Belize 99%; Panama 94%; El Salvador 90%; Guatemala 88%; Honduras 87% and Costa Rica 79%.
The average BCG coverage for the entire hemisphere was 93%, and the average for all of Latin America was also 93%.
In 1980, BCG, OPV, DTP, and measles vaccines were used. Let us remember the massive vaccination campaigns promoted at that time by the Sandinista Popular Revolution. It was the first time in history that the people were vaccinated at that level.
In other words, several generations in Nicaragua have been inoculated against tuberculosis with the BCG vaccine thanks to the Sandinista health policy. It is not proven, but the coincidence between the mapping of vaccination policies with BCG and the development of the Covid-19 pandemic in the world is certainly striking.
This is the PAHO report from which the data provided above was taken. https://www.paho.org/nic/index.php?option=com_docman&view=download&category_slug=datos-y-estadisticas&alias=699-boletin-informativo-sobre-inmunizaciones&Itemid=235
Another more detailed article discusses the researchers' hypothesis: https://vacunasaep.org/profesionales/noticias/coronavirus-y-BCG
Translation: Nana McCurdy, NicaNotes.