Vaccine Diplomacy - Brazil and China

[Axtremus]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/16/china-coronavirus-vaccine-visas/

More vaccine diplomacy from China. This time it’s “take our vaccine and let you get your visitor’s visa easier/faster.”

[Doctor Phibes]

More anti-Trump propaganda...

Brazil health service in 'worst crisis in its history'

[George K]

Some interesting comparisons:

[Loki]

Such a bizarre twist of politics. It was always Russia Russia Russia and I would always say ahem it’s China.

Now it’s China but somehow still a Trump thing with respect to Brazil.

If you can’t see the rhetoric you just don’t want to.

[Doctor Phibes]

Firstly, I don't really trust any of the comparitive graphs, since the ways of counting a death as being due to Covid has been reported as differing from one country to the next.

Once again, my comment about Bolsanoro has nothing to do with Trump. He's been denying the seriousness of Covid since day-1, making stupid sarcastic jokes about it, stopping others who are trying to take it seriously.

His attitudes to the Brazilian native peoples and the deforestation of the rainforests should also be enough to mark him out as a prime douchebag. Again, nothing to do with Trump. Unless you think there's an International Society of Douchebags where these guys secretly meet up.

[Renauda]

Oh, Russia is very much a part of it.

For the most part though, since Brazil is located in Washington's sandbox, I believe that as far as the US policy makers are concerned, it is still about the Monroe Doctrine.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-16/russia-criticizes-u-s-for-pressing-brazil-to-reject-its-vaccine?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&cmpId=google

[Loki]

The US obsession with Russia for four years to the exclusion of every other country has revealed itself in 2021.

I’m not impressed with people waking up to the obvious with amnesia.

[Doctor Phibes]

@loki said in Vaccine Diplomacy - Brazil and China:

The US obsession with Russia for four years to the exclusion of every other country has revealed itself in 2021.

How unusual for Americans to suffer paranoid delusions about Russia.

[Loki]

@doctor-phibes said in Vaccine Diplomacy - Brazil and China:

@loki said in Vaccine Diplomacy - Brazil and China:

The US obsession with Russia for four years to the exclusion of every other country has revealed itself in 2021.

How unusual for Americans to suffer paranoid delusions about Russia.

China knows this too well and hides in plain sight.

[Renauda]

@doctor-phibes said in Vaccine Diplomacy - Brazil and China:

@loki said in Vaccine Diplomacy - Brazil and China:

The US obsession with Russia for four years to the exclusion of every other country has revealed itself in 2021.

How unusual for Americans to suffer paranoid delusions about Russia.

Or the Russians suffering paranoid delusions about America. Both sides have their own good reasons not to trust or feel particular fondness towards the other. At best, the two can only strive for a diplomatic and peaceful coexistence coupled with measured cooperation on a case by case basis.

Perhaps then it will be possible for Russia to agree to return Crimea to Ukraine the day after the USA gives Texas back to Mexico.

[George K]

@renauda said in Vaccine Diplomacy - Brazil and China:

after the USA gives Texas back to Mexico.

Or after Mexico expels all the Spaniards to Spain and returns it to the aboriginals.

[Renauda]

Hey, one thing at time, eh?