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Mar 2021
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Serrana, Brazil is hoping to unravel a c...

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The sleepy town of Serrana, Brazil was selected as the site for an important vaccine experiment. We know that coronavirus vaccines are effective at preventing symptoms, deaths, and serious cases. But we still don’t know whether vaccinated people can transmit the disease to others. Brazilian and Chinese researches and the residents of Serrana are on a mission to find out. Plus, learn “get in on the action.”

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