16 May 2021

Covid-19 in Peru: 'vaccine' made from guinea pig poop

From Sunday Morning, 10:35 am on 16 May 2021

New Zealander Patrick Emanuel is a surfing pathologist who is based in Lima, Peru. We've spoken to him previously about the situation with Covid-19 in Peru, and now things are looking particularly worrying there with next door neighbours Brazil set to pass the 400,000 fatality mark. He joins the show to look at the "brutal" second wave of the pandemic in Peru and some of the crazy cases of folklore medicine, including claims that a local vaccine has been made from guinea pig faeces.

New Zealander Patrick Emanuel is a specialist in non-melanoma skin cancers who lives and works in Lima, Peru.

New Zealander Patrick Emanuel is a specialist in non-melanoma skin cancers who lives and works in Lima, Peru. Photo: Supplied