{"id":71175,"date":"2021-03-26T22:14:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T02:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=71175"},"modified":"2021-03-26T22:14:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T02:14:40","slug":"covid-19-brazil-now-threat-to-global-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/blog\/2021\/03\/26\/covid-19-brazil-now-threat-to-global-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Brazil Now \u00abThreat to Global Public Health\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBrazil Now Represents a Threat to Global Public Health\u201d: Brazilian Epidemiologist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 25 (EIRNS) &#8212; Dr. Pedro Hallal, an epidemiologist and Dean at the Federal University of Pelotas in southern Brazil, stated that \u00abBrazil now represents a threat to global public health\u00bb that must be urgently addressed by international action. Hallal is the coordinator of Epicovid-19, the largest epidemiological study into the coronavirus in Brazil. Hallal stated that the pandemic is out of control in Brazil, which is now a breeding ground for dangerous new variants. \u00abThe virus is circulating so widely in Brazil that it is possible, and I would say likely, that new variants will appear in the near future. We need to stop that urgently,\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hallal called for an international task force to address the crisis, since the policies of the Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro have brought the country to the brink of collapse. If not, \u00abglobal efforts to control COVID-19 will be jeopardized,\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An open letter from hundreds of leading financial figures in Brazil, including former ministers and five former presidents of Brazil&#8217;s Central Bank, also slammed Bolsonaro\u2019s COVID policy and demanded urgent change. Without ever mentioning Bolsonaro by name, the letter is clear, attacking Brazil&#8217;s \u00abtop political leadership\u00bb which displays \u00aba disdain for science, looks to remedies without evidence of their effectiveness, encourages crowds, and flirts with the anti-vax movement.\u00bb They demand a nationally coordinated policy of social distancing, including a national lockdown if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolsonaro is feeling the heat, and has reluctantly agreed to meet with Brazil\u2019s governors \u2013 who universally oppose his do-nothing policy and have tried to impose state-by-state measures \u2013 and has even promised to start a serious vaccination campaign (so far, less than 7% of Brazilians have had one dose of a vaccine). In over half of the country\u2019s 26 states, the rate of occupancy in ICUs tops 90%. Last Tuesday, daily deaths in the country topped 3,000 for the first time, with 3,251 deaths recorded. Brazil now accounts for one out of every four deaths worldwide from COVID. The biomedical research institution Fiocruz, a week ago reported that Brazil&#8217;s public health systems are \u00abliving through the worst collapse in history.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abThe situation is very, very concerning,\u00bb said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization. \u00abBrazil has to take it seriously.\u00bb Dr. Hallal stated: \u00abIf we do not have enough vaccines in the next 30 to 45 days, the situation will be terrible \u2014 not only for Brazil, but for the rest of the world.\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBrazil Now Represents a Threat to Global Public Health\u201d: Brazilian Epidemiologist March 25 (EIRNS) &#8212; Dr. Pedro Hallal, an epidemiologist and Dean at the Federal University of Pelotas in southern Brazil, stated that \u00abBrazil now represents a threat to global public health\u00bb that must be urgently addressed by international action. 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