How Brazil's President turned the country into a global epicenter of COVID-19.

Autor: Ferrante L; Ecology Graduate Program, National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), Manaus, AM, 69060-001, Brazil. lucasferrante@hotmail.com., Duczmal L; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Steinmetz WA; Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-005, Brazil., Almeida ACL; Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, 36420-000, Brazil., Leão J; Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-005, Brazil., Vassão RC; Retired From the Cell Biology Laboratory of the Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05503-900, Brazil., Tupinambás U; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Fearnside PM; Department of Environmental Dynamics, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, 69060-001, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of public health policy [J Public Health Policy] 2021 Sep; Vol. 42 (3), pp. 439-451. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 27.
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-021-00302-0
Abstrakt: In this manuscript, we point out that the federal government headed by President Bolsonaro has pursued a political agenda that contributed to the spread of COVID-19, transforming the country into a major repository for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, thus representing a risk for worldwide containment efforts. Furthermore his actions are also weakening democratic institutions, which could counter his political agenda, effectively facilitating the spread of COVID-19. Thus, the perpetuation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is due to human behaviour factors, especially high-level public decision makers.
(© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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