Brazil Is Looking Like The Worst Place On Earth For COVID-19

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The fresh wave of infections now racing across the landscape has reached her city, flooding hospitals with patients, and pushing intensive care unit occupancy rates up to 96%. 

The country is now widely viewed as the epicenter of the pandemic, with the highest number of daily deaths of any nation. On Tuesday, that number topped 3,000 for the first time, with 3,251 deaths recorded.

And this week, Brazil's registered COVID-19 deaths rose above 300,000 — a toll exceeded only by the United States.

In more than half of the country's 26 states, ICU occupancy rates have hit 90% or above, according to a bulletin posted March 16 by the Brazilian medical research institution Fiocruz. Brazil's public health systems are "living through the worst collapse in history," it said.

There have been numerous reports in Brazilian media and on social media platforms of patients dying while waiting for beds, shortages of medicines and oxygen, and bodies being dumped in hospital corridors.

Once admired worldwide for its fast and efficient national immunization drives, Brazil has seen its COVID-19 vaccination program plagued by political infighting, bureaucratic blunders and supply problems.

Brazil's medical professionals and scientists are watching their president with disdain and alarm and worrying about what will happen next.

"Brazil now represents a threat to global public health," said Dr. Pedro Hallal, coordinator of Epicovid-19, the largest epidemiological study into the coronavirus in Brazil.

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[bionic 50,111]

COVID, do NOT come to Brazil  

[phillipaf 685]

4 minutes ago, bionic said:

COVID, do NOT come to Brazil  

I‘m sorry, I‘m sure you intended no ill-thought with this comment. But what‘s happening in Brasil is not something to take light heartedly, nor something that should be downplayed by comments like that. It‘s a national if not an international emergency and should be handled and regarded as such. Like I said, I mean no harm by quoting you. Just trying to educate 

[bionic 50,111]

1 minute ago, phillipaf said:

I‘m sorry, I‘m sure you intended no ill-thought with this comment. But what‘s happening in Brasil is not something to take light heartedly, nor something that should be downplayed by comments like that. It‘s a national if not an international emergency and should be handled and regarded as such. Like I said, I mean no harm by quoting you. Just trying to educate 

Sorry for tone deaf comment. I have had enough of this virus and feels like there is no light at the end of this tunnel. Every bit of progress seems to be counteracted somewhere else because governments and political leaders just aren't learning from history/past mistakes and the cycle of infection continues. Politicians forget too easily that their petty infighting is at the expense of human lives, family relationships, friends, colleagues etc. 

[Chromatislaps 34,854]

I dare the antivaxxer Karens to say Covid-19 doesn't exist  

[bionic 50,111]

Just now, Chromatislaps said:

I dare the antivaxxer Karens to say Covid-19 doesn't exist  

Did they ever say it didn't exist? I thought the angle has always been "its not worse than the flu!!!!111!"

[Chromatislaps 34,854]

1 minute ago, bionic said:

Did they ever say it didn't exist? I thought the angle has always been "its not worse than the flu!!!!111!"

oh yes.... we have some of those here in the Netherlands... they are the ones crying wolf once they or their families are affected by Covid-19

[bionic 50,111]

Just now, Chromatislaps said:

oh yes.... we have some of those here in the Netherlands... they are the ones crying wolf once they or their families are affected by Covid-19

Trump was spouting this nonsense, and even after he caught it and almost DIED he refused to admit how bad it was

[Ronk 14,930]

1 minute ago, bionic said:

Did they ever say it didn't exist? I thought the angle has always been "its not worse than the flu!!!!111!"

It's a shame people still believe that. 

[Magic Mike 2,772]

I guess democracy is rotten when you elect a fascist as your president, you get what you deserve 

[bionic 50,111]

1 minute ago, Magic Mike said:

I guess democracy is rotten when you elect a fascist as your president, you get what you deserve 

Think of the 45+ million who voted against Bolsanaro

[Magic Mike 2,772]

Just now, bionic said:

45+ million

I know. It’s crazy. 45 million. You should not have a place with such tremendous powers concentrated in just one person

[Tinnitus15 51,886]

2 minutes ago, Magic Mike said:

you get what you deserve 

Ooo wow leave politics behind this virus isn’t picking its victims..Not a good comment 

[Magic Mike 2,772]

1 minute ago, Tinnitus15 said:

leave politics behind

no. it’s exactly what should be issued . he’s an incompetent piece of shut 

[Tinnitus15 51,886]

Just now, Magic Mike said:

no. it’s exactly what should be issued . he’s an incompetent piece of shut 

Okay but still it’s not okay to say you get what you deserve..