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No Maranhão, vacinas acabam matando índios

23/04/1980

Fonte: Folha de São Paulo



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Onze índios Guajá, entre os quais dois recém-nascidos, morreram após serem vacinados contra tuberculose, sarampo e pólio. O grupo contava apenas com 37 pessoas e foi contatado em 1978 por Sidney Possuelo.
 

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