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Mexico’s Higher Death Toll and Fearful Future

By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 27, that 44.9 percent more people died of covid-related issues from January through August of 2020 than initially reported by the Mexican government, adding another layer of discord to the nation’s dismal handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The government previously reported that deaths during the

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Mexico’s Covid Vaccination Program Is One Big Mess

By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has whimsically changed the course of the country’s scheduled universal vaccination program, altering it as he sees fit in a wing-it-as-you-go strategy. The nation’s original vaccination schedule was set up in five concurrent stages, beginning with frontline health workers, followed by everyone over the age 60. The next two stages

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