Democracy (Still) on the Edge: An Analysis of Brazil's Political Response to the Covid-19 Crisis

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7-3-2020

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Duck of Minerva Blog

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Brazil’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic ranks as the worst of all the countries around the world. This is surprising, especially given its past experiences in fighting infectious disease and in light of the existence of a national public health system, known as the Unified Public Health System, or SUS in Portuguese, that provides public and free health services from preventive care to medical assistance. Why has Brazil fallen so far behind in confronting the novel coronavirus?

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Georgia Southern University faculty member, Matthew B. Flynn co-authored the blog post "Democracy (Still) on the Edge: An Analysis of Brazil's Political Response to the Covid-19 Crisis" alongside André Pereira Neto and Letícia Barbosa.

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