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Brazil approaches COVID-19 death toll of 500,000

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    Posted: June 19 2021 at 5:09am

As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.

With the milestone likely to be reached this weekend, Brazil’s Senate is publicly investigating how the toll got so high, focusing on why Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government ignored opportunities to buy vaccines for months while it relentlessly pushed hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug that rigorous studies have shown to be ineffective in treating COVID-19.

https://worldabcnews.com/brazil-approaches-covid-19-death-toll-of-500000/

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While the Senate will investigate how the toll got so high, I wish they would investigate whether the official numbers are far below the excess deaths.  If the death rate was close to that of Peru then the figures would be well over 1 million making Brazil the country with most deaths (and far higher than the USA).

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 19 2021 at 1:37pm

Originally posted by EdwinSm, EdwinSm, wrote:

While the Senate will investigate how the toll got so high, I wish they would investigate whether the official numbers are far below the excess deaths.  If the death rate was close to that of Peru then the figures would be well over 1 million making Brazil the country with most deaths (and far higher than the USA).

There's been alot of number "fudging"

All over,why admit to your incompetence ???

How many native Indians have died...

Save moving them on ,leaving jungle empty so it can be bulldozed to make way for more beef production.......

McDonald's needs more meat!!!!!!!

Take care all 😷😉

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Sadly the 500,000 mark has been passed.

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The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter.

The virus continues to spread as President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to back measures like social distancing.

The health institute Fiocruz says the situation is "critical". Only 15% of adults are fully vaccinated. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57541794

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