"'Rumors' as a source of information"
That quote sure sums up a lot of what we've endured during the 'covid thing.'
Nearly everybody I know at False Bluff and in Bluefields contracted Covid, whether they were vaccinated or not. All but two of these people have come out just fine on the 'good health' side. Of the two who died, one was over 70 and had serious health issues; the other was in her 90s.
I read much of the media criticism from around the world about Nicaragua's response to covid; but I missed the positive stories - and it turns out that when I dug a bit, there are several. A 2021 story explained that at the start of 'the pandemic' Nicaragua took action similar to that of Sweden and, to a certain extent, similar to that of Florida in the United States. Another story, published about a week ago, includes an interview with Nicaragua's top covid advisor.
Nicaragua's response to covid was bashed by NIH as "Nicaraguan Government's failure to confront the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)" when NIH pushed back on the story in "Fair" (see links below).
However, both WHO and the University of Oxford indicated that Nicaragua's "failure to confront" covid couldn't have been all bad. "In a recent study conducted by the University of Oxford and the World Health Organization, socialist Nicaragua was placed number nine on a list of the ten safest countries (in Latin America) to visit during the COVID-19 pandemic."
According to the UN there are 33 Latin American countries...and those at all familiar with Nicaragua know that the majority of those 33 countries has much more money than Nicaragua.
Nicaragua made major preparations for patients very early, while a lot of other countries were still trying to decide if there really was a pandemic.
The country's 'official' covid count was considered dishonest by most media and the figure quoted by some sources was more than doubled. However, it seemed that "The higher figure is based on “suspected” (not tested) cases, and according to the observatory website includes “rumors” as one source of information. But even the higher figure is dramatically lower than those for adjoining countries..."
Note: Links to the two stories mentioned
https://www.newsclick.in/nicaragua-inspiring-response-COVID-19
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/08/16/nicaraguas-health-advisor-covid-working/