Vaccine. This is the word that represents, for Brazilians, the year 2021, when the country started vaccinating against Covid-19. According to a survey carried out by CNN, based on the crossing of data from four research institutions, ‘vaccine’ was the term chosen and also the most searched for on the internet by Brazilians last year. The survey considered the period from January 1, 2021 to December 29 of the same year.
Research by Cause Consulting and the Ideia Research Institute shows that the word ‘vaccine’ was voted by 22% of the population as the most important term of the year. According to the survey, the words ‘hope’, ‘hunger’, ‘death’, ‘unemployment’ and ‘isolation’ were also among the finalists in 2021.
“This shows very convincingly that the Brazilian population not only believes in vaccines but also wants to be vaccinated. And it’s great to see that science is winning and that Brazilians and Brazilians are understanding that getting vaccinated is the best way to protect and preserve those around them”, highlights Gulnar Azevedo, professor of epidemiologist at the University’s Institute of Social Medicine of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Associated with the term ‘vaccine’, which totaled more than 250 million searches in 2021, the word ‘comorbidity’ appears in second place among the terms most searched for by Brazilians this year. According to a survey by BMI consultancy, the term registered an increase of over 1000% in 2021, compared to the previous year. The search for this word grew when, among the priority groups announced for vaccination against Covid-19, were people with comorbidities, points out the company specializing in cybernetic data.
Also compiled by CNN, a list produced by the Portuguese Online Dictionary shows that, in addition to ‘vaccine’, the terms ‘perseverance’, ‘love’ and ‘pandemic’ figure in the TOP 10 of the most searched words by Brazilians during the year 2021.
The issues related to the pandemic were also the most discussed by the media during the year, according to a survey by the company Knewin, at the request of CNN. There were 4,886,991 million news items that addressed the topic ‘Vaccine’ and ‘Covid-19’. In second place came the news about the 2021 Olympics, with 465,711 publications by news outlets between January and December.
Photos – “Vacina Já” message is projected in Copacabana during the turnaround
Reference: CNN Brasil
