Brazil's Senate is publicly investigating how the country reached what is currently the second-highest COVID death toll in the world, probing as to why Bolsonaro's far-right government did not seize on opportunities to buy vaccines while relentlessly ...
Brazil's Senate is publicly investigating how the country reached what is currently the second-highest COVID death toll in the world, probing as to why Bolsonaro's far-right government did not seize on opportunities to buy vaccines while relentlessly pushing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, a treatment also touted by former U.S. PresidentThe nationally televised hearings have presented a series of scientific claims, counterclaims and blatant lies.
Dr. Abdel Latif, who oversees an intensive care unit an hour from Sao Paulo, said the fear and desperation caused by the coronavirus have been compounded by misinformation and opinions from self-styled specialists and a lack of proper guidance from the government. "We need real humane public health policy, far from the political fight and based on science and evidence," he said.
Brazil's reported death toll is second only to that of the U.S., where the number of lives lost has topped 600,000. Brazil's population of 213 million is two-thirds that of the U.S.one-fifth the global totalBolsonaro has waged a 15-month campaign to downplay the virus's seriousness and keep the economy humming. He dismissed the scourge early on as"a little flu" and has. He was not chastened by his own bout with COVID-19.
As recently as last Saturday, Bolsonaro received cheers upon telling a crowd of supporters that he took it when infected.He pushed hydroxychloroquine so consistently the first of his four health ministers during the pandemic
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