Brazil Under President Jair Bolsonaro: How Bad Politics Can Undermine Good Public Health
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Audio
Date of Lecture
11-5-2021
Description of Lecture
Abstract: It is often said that, “what happens in Vegas, stay in Vegas.” That may be the case of Vegas but certainly not the case of Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has impacted Brazil’s population at a record number. Brazil has been hit hardest in the realm of Latin America by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, Brazil has become a global epicenter for the COVID-19 pandemic rate of infection. The total number of deaths resulting from COVID-19 in Brazil continues to rise on a daily basis. Brazil’s COVID-19 infection rate is a result of several factors such as a poorly funded public health system, an overreliance on the public health system thus placing the system under immense strain, and poor overall public health infrastructure. However, the most important reason for Brazil’s current situation lies squarely on the Brazilian government’s inability to govern and follow the proper protocols established by the World Health Organization (WHO). Brazil’s infection rate is also a result of Brazil’s President Bolsonaro’s style of leadership which has been from the beginning of the pandemic quite adversarial, anti-science based approach to combat COVID-19, anti-intellectualism.
Recommended Citation
da Cruz, José de Arimatéia, "Brazil Under President Jair Bolsonaro: How Bad Politics Can Undermine Good Public Health" (2021). Robert Ingram Strozier Lecture Series (1993-present). 77.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/strozier-lecture-series/77
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