Posted on 04/10/2021 9:38:38 PM PDT by RC one
Brazil has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time, as a more contagious variant fuels a surge in cases.
Hospitals are overcrowded, with people dying as they wait for treatment in some cities, and the health system is on the brink of collapse in many areas.
The country's total death toll is now almost 337,000, second only to the US.
But President Jair Bolsonaro continues to oppose any lockdown measures to curb the outbreak.
He argues that the damage to the economy would be worse than the effects of the virus itself, and has tried to reverse some of the restrictions imposed by local authorities in the courts.
Speaking to supporters outside the presidential residence on Tuesday, he criticised quarantine measures and suggested without evidence that they were linked to obesity and depression. He did not comment on the 4,195 deaths recorded in the previous 24 hours.
To date, Brazil has recorded more than 13 million cases of coronavirus, according to the health ministry. Some 66,570 people died with Covid-19 in March, more than double the previous monthly record.
"Brazil now... is a threat to the entire effort of the international community to control the pandemic," Dr Miguel Nicolelis, who has been closely tracking cases in the country, told the BBC.
"If Brazil is not under control, then the planet is not going to be safe, because we are brewing new variants every week... and they are going to cross borders," he said.
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So what you think Brazil should do?
What is their vaccine roll out like?
Where do these new variants come from?
Damn. That is awful.
I hope they blame China. We should all be blaming China.
Really? Leaving people alone looks like genocide to you?
Do you have ANY idea how utterly IGNORANT AND STUPID your statement looks to Jews, Ukrainians and Cambodians?
Ignorant and ill-informed are the NICEST way I can describe your statement.
FREEDOM of choice. Your teachers are utter failures, and your ability to make rational and intelligent decisions is in doubt due to your inability to actually THINK!
How many of them got the vaccine?
Sounds like to me they are trying to force out the conservative President
They’re getting AstraZeneca or Sinovac vaccine.
The good news is that our southern border is secure!
The globalists are trying to get rid of the Brazilian leader. He is one of a few leaders who stand in their way. This is funny business
Coronaviruses are fast mutaters. Not as fast as flu but still fast. Now that the virus is loose, it will constantly evolve alongside us just as it has done with bats and just like the flu has done with us. Whatever adaptations it gains via mutations that promote its reproduction will be naturally selected for. We see this as increasing affinity for the ACE2 receptor primarily but there are certainly other adaptations that it could acquire that facilitate its reproduction-like not eliciting a fever for example or even avoiding detection in PCR tests. It will adapt to every countermeasure we throw at it in this way because that’s what viruses do and when they do it rapidly, it’s a problem.
Brazil should be locked down tight and the international community needs to help them get their disaster under control. so it doesn’t spread to the international community.
# he has called Covid "just a little flu"
# rejected a nationwide lockdown, saying such measures only made the poor poorer
# called state governors and mayors who imposed lockdown "tyrants"
# cast doubts on the efficacy and safety of jabs and said he wouldn't get vaccinated
# joked the Pfizer jab may "turn people into crocodiles" dismissed opportunities to purchase millions of vaccine doses
# told people to "stop whining" about the situation
He continues to oppose lockdowns, but his government has now stepped up its drive to vaccinate the country's population of more than 200 million people. Brazil has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
“...Keep the fear porn going....
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Do you consider a report of actual facts to be “fear porn”? Are YOU AFRAID OF REALITY? Is that why YOU TRY TO DENY REALITY?
NO. BS. Allowing a deadly virus to wipe out hundreds of thousands of people unnecessarily is genocide. period. Anybody on board with that should be tried in an international court. It goes beyond simple ignorance and incompetence. Sorry isn’t going to effing cut it.
Stop being an idiot.
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