Cinco dos vinte e sete estados do Brasil estão em nível de alerta ou risco para SGRAV (Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave), frequentemente impulsionado pelo SARS-Cov-2, do coronavírus. A constatação está presente na nova edição do boletim InfoGripe da Fiocruz, divulgado nesta quinta-feira (28).

Tratam-se do Amapá, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Sergipe e Maranhão. Eles também apresentaram sinal de crescimento na tendência de longo prazo até a Semana Epidemiológica 42, período de 18 a 24 de outubro. Diante deste padrão, acreditasse que há uma permanência do risco nas próximas semanas.

Outras duas unidades federativas, sendo elas Roraima e Santa Catarina, também apresentaram sinais de alerta, porém sem crescimento na tendência de longo prazo, como os outros territórios.

A síndrome respiratória aguda grave é uma condição causada por uma infecção que provoca dificuldade para respirar. Frequentemente, ela está associada à presença de pneumonia, que pode piorar o quadro respiratório.

Geralmente a doença é causada pela Covid-19, gripes (influenza A e B) e complicações de diferentes infecções virais.

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Aumento nos casos de Covid-19

O novo boletim constou ainda um aumento dos casos graves por Covid-19 que resultaram no SRAG. Em paralelo, houve uma queda nos casos de metapneumovírus (um tipo de vírus respiratório), e uma estabilização de rinovírus (outro tipo de resfriado).

No entanto, os casos graves por Covid-19 permanecem em níveis baixos quando comparado a pandemia.

“Mesmo com o baixo número de hospitalizações por Covid-19 é muito importante que as pessoas dos grupos prioritários verifiquem se estão em dia com a vacina contra o vírus. Lembrando que idosos e pessoas imunocomprometidas precisam tomar doses de reforço da vacina contra a Covid-19 a cada seis meses”, alerta a pesquisadora Tatiana Portella, do Boletim InfoGripe, desenvolvido pelo Programa de Computação Científica da Fiocruz.

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Análise por estados

Em Mato Grosso e Mato Grosso do Sul o aumento é causado pelo Sars-CoV-2. O segundo estado também registrou aumento no número de casos do rinovírus.

No Maranhão e no Amapá o estudo verificou que não há dados laboratoriais suficientes para determinar o vírus responsável pelo aumento do número de casos de SRAG.

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Mortalidade

A presença dos vírus e da síndrome pode causar complicações e levar ao óbito.

Nas quatro últimas semanas epidemiológicas, a proporção entre os casos positivos foi de 4,1% de influenza A, 5,4% de influenza B, 11,5% de vírus sincicial respiratório (VSR), 53,3% de rinovírus e 6,4% de Sars-CoV-2 (Covid-19).

Entre as mortes analisadas, a presença destes mesmos vírus entre os positivos e no mesmo recorte temporal foi de 4,8% de influenza A, 7,6% de influenza B, 8,6% de VSR, 42,9% de rinovírus e 19% de Sars-CoV-2 (Covid-19).

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Sayer Ji | May 2, 2025

… I had a direct, revealing encounter with NPR’s embedded bias in May of 2021, when Geoff Brumfiel, one of their senior correspondents, reached out to feature me in a piece titled: “For Some Anti-Vaccine Advocates, Misinformation Is Part Of A Business.” The article was a thinly veiled attempt at character assassination—an example of media functioning not as a seeker of truth, but as a weapon of narrative warfare.

Rather than ignore or stonewall, I made an unusual decision: I invited Brumfiel into a cross-interview, recorded and published in full transparency above. This format allowed both of us to pose questions to each other, and for the public to witness the full, unedited context. The result was deeply revealing—not just of NPR’s approach, but of the larger media machinery it represents.

This candid exchange exposed not only the editorial bias and conflicts of interest at NPR, but also the broader ideological machinery backing the so-called “Disinformation Dozen” narrative, propagated by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)—an organization that, ironically, engages in exactly what its name suggests it opposes: digital censorship, hate, and targeted takedowns.

The False Framing of “Anti-Vax” and “Misinformation”

The terms “anti-vaccine” and “misinformation” are wielded like verbal bludgeons—designed to shut down debate and demonize dissent. But the reality is far more nuanced. At GreenMedInfo.com, we curate and publish peer-reviewed research, offering the public access to scientific literature often ignored by mainstream outlets. This is not “misinformation”—it is scientific transparency.

Yet NPR painted me as a profiteer, part of an “anti-vax industry.” They ignored the fact that GreenMedInfo is ad-free and freely accessible, and that Stand for Health Freedom, which I co-founded, is a nonprofit platform defending bodily sovereignty and informed consent.

I challenged NPR and Brumfiel to investigate their own funding relationships—particularly with PhRMA and the Gates Foundation, both of which have donated millions to support pro-vaccine messaging through NPR. When media entities are underwritten by the very industries they’re reporting on, how can the public trust what they hear?

Corporate Sponsorship & Narrative Control

In fact, NPR’s own sponsorships—such as their integration of PhRMA’s “Brand Soundscapes” into NPR’s app—demonstrate just how blurred the line between journalism and marketing has become. And while Brumfiel insisted editorial decisions are independent, the systemic nature of these relationships is hard to ignore. As I pointed out during our dialogue, when NPR receives tens of millions in funding from groups that directly benefit from mass vaccination campaigns, their reporting on those topics cannot be assumed neutral.

The larger story here isn’t about me. It’s about how public media institutions, originally designed to be accountable to the people, have become extensions of corporate and governmental power.

Republican Iowa congressional candidate Joe Mitchell vowed to investigate former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci if elected to Congress, expressing his desire to serve on an oversight committee while recounting his grandmother's death following a COVID-19 vaccination during a Make Iowa Healthy Again rally Wednesday.

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CLIVE, Iowa–Republican Iowa gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn took aim at the establishment media during a Make Iowa Healthy Again rally on Wednesday, accusing the press of contributing to public forgetfulness about the past and what is at stake ahead of the midterm elections, while Steak 'n Shake Chief MAHA Officer Michael Boes challenged media portrayals of the Trump administration's efforts to improve Americans' health.

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