00:00Airports have increased surveillance, and neighboring countries have begun monitoring passengers.
00:05And quietly, the warning began circulating again among governments.
00:10This is not hysteria, this is not theory, it is documented fact.
00:15Nipah is not a common virus; it belongs to a rare group of pathogens.
00:20capable of causing severe encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain.
00:25which can lead to mental confusion, seizures, loss of consciousness, and death within a few days.
00:33In some cases, it also causes severe pneumonia, respiratory failure, and multiple organ collapse.
00:41The fatality rate is alarming, even to the most experienced infectious disease specialists.
00:46In previous outbreaks, it ranged between 40% and 70%.
00:50Few known viruses exhibit such high numbers.
00:53Even so, the discourse that is beginning to gain traction is dangerously reminiscent of what we heard before Carnival 2020.
01:02At the beginning of that year, the new coronavirus had already been detected outside of China.
01:08Experts warned.
01:10Some countries were discussing restrictions.
01:12But in Brazil, the dominant message was different.
01:16They said there was no real risk.
01:18That there was no reason to panic.
01:20To say that canceling Carnival would be an exaggeration.
01:23That the virus would not spread easily.
01:26That everything was under control.
01:28Millions of people took to the streets.
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