And then the next several weeks there were no new reports. … I don’t remember if the number was 110, 120 or whatever. For example, a place like in the jungle, the first report coming out from there said there were zero deaths, and then suddenly there were more than 100.
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I used to collect every single report on a daily basis, what was published in the newspapers or was reported via TV or whatever.Īnd one of the things that happened very early with all this information is that it was quite inconsistent. And that’s how I began to trace it every single day. It was a huge challenge when the pandemic started, and I wanted to learn firsthand how terrible it was going to be. Juan Pérez (JP): I have a clinical research site at a private hospital in Lima. Perhaps you can also explain what obstacles you encountered with the authorities in trying to bring attention to your findings? Maybe as an initial question, what prompted you to begin collecting these statistics on COVID-19 in Peru? Why did you do it? And I suspect this was quite a difficult undertaking. The interview was conducted in early November 2021, and Bill Van Auken of the WSWS Editorial Board participated in the discussion.īenjamin Mateus (BM): Good morning, Dr. Pérez was kind enough to provide us time to sit and discuss his work. The dense population in this urban setting, combined with extreme poverty, was the perfect kindling for the explosion of infections that devastated the country, while triggering tremendous political upheavals for the government.ĭr. Pérez relayed, the pandemic in Peru started when infected travelers returning from Spain seeded the infection in the capital Lima. Many credible scientists and researchers suggest that the pandemic may continue for several more years,especially as countries are employing a vaccine-only strategy to ensure that the economy is left undisturbed.Īs Dr. High reinfection rates are becoming commonplace as experiences from country to country are demonstrating that, considering waning immunity to previous infections and vaccines, herd immunity is probably impossible. Pérez notified me that cases are beginning to climb as the test positivity rate is rising, heralding a third wave.Īccording to data from The Economist, the implied cumulative infection rate per capita is currently at 150 per 100 people, suggesting that there has been a high rate of reinfections. Thus far, in the course of the pandemic, more than 200,000 people have lost their lives in a country of just 33 million people, making it the country with the largest number of reported deaths per capita on the planet. He contacted the WSWS explaining he was a frequent reader and wanted to discuss his work on the pandemic in Peru. His name has been changed to protect his identity. Juan Pérez is a physician from Peru who has conducted extensive research on the country’s COVID-19 statistics using the national database for deaths known as SINADEF.
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