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Covid-19 shows social inequalities in Brazil and kills 2 in Bolivia

Sunday, December 24th 2023 - 13:12 UTC
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According to a study by the National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz) released this week, COVID-19 turned out to be a reflection of the South American country's socioeconomic and health disparities while in Bolivia -a full Mercosur member since earlier this month- two people have died of the disease. Read full article

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  • Brasileiro

    The health policy of the Nazi president who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022 scrapped Brazilian public health by reducing the budget, not purchasing basic inputs, postponing the acquisition of vaccines, leaving hospitals without oxygen (requiring Venezuela itself to send hundreds of oxygen cylinders to try to save people's lives).

    The SUS is the best healthcare system in the world, unfortunately the policy of Bolsonaro's Nazi government was to kill people and steal as much as possible from the public coffers.

    The Bolsonaro government delayed purchasing vaccines as long as possible to try to steal $1 per dose.

    If the pandemic happened today, not so many people would die. And, of course, most deaths would occur in private hospitals.

    Dec 24th, 2023 - 02:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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