a new Thursday’s study revealed that support for Pandemic skeptic Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro links to higher COVID-19 death Rates, show that the counties that voted for Bolsonaro was very much higher death rates than those that did not.
The study that compared voting results in Brazilian presidential elections 2018 in southeastern state of Minas Gerais with COVID-19 infection and death rates countywide, found the disease hit harder in Regions that voted for far-right president who I battled regularly with Professional advice on fight the epidemic.
Bolsonaro has denied the seriousness of COVID-19, and has promoted treatments without evidence of Effective, frustrating social get away, and use of “Masks, local closures, and other precautions,” co-author Carlos Starling said. of Minas Gerais Association of Infectious disease specialists.
This “may result” in higher Corona virus infection and death rates among his supporters added in Declaration.
The study, which analyzed data from January 21 to November 10 last year and found Infection rates were 30%. higher in The provinces whose candidate was then Bolsonaro won in 2018 – 7600 per 100,000 inhabitants, on an average. Mortality rates were 60% higher it’s there found – 212 per 100,000, on an average.
claimed COVID-19 more More than 660,000 lives in Brazil, second Only for the United States in Absolute numbers.
However, the weekly death The death toll has dropped dramatically with 75% of 213 million Brazilians people Now they are fully vaccinated – despite Bolsonaro’s repeated anti-vaccine comments.
Starling’s expert and bioinformatics expert Braulio Couto will present the yet-to-be-published study this month at the European Congress. of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Lisbon which selection A peer committee reviewed their findings.
and echoed results of Published a similar study in Walks in The medical journal The Lancet, which compared Brazil’s 2018 elections results nationally with COVID-19 death rates and also found Counties that voted for Bolsonaro’s performance was worse in epidemic.
Bolsonaro, who Come up for Re-election in October, has a faced harmful criticism over treat it of He described the virus as a “little flu”. Senate Committee last October recommended face criminal Charges, including offenses against humanity for response to the epidemic.
The government Did not immediately respond to the request for comment on the study.
a new Thursday’s study revealed that support for Pandemic skeptic Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro links to higher COVID-19 death Rates, show that the counties that voted for Bolsonaro was very much higher death rates than those that did not.
The study that compared voting results in Brazilian presidential elections 2018 in southeastern state of Minas Gerais with COVID-19 infection and death rates countywide, found the disease hit harder in Regions that voted for far-right president who I battled regularly with Professional advice on fight the epidemic.
Bolsonaro has denied the seriousness of COVID-19, and has promoted treatments without evidence of Effective, frustrating social get away, and use of “Masks, local closures, and other precautions,” co-author Carlos Starling said. of Minas Gerais Association of Infectious disease specialists.
This “may result” in higher Corona virus infection and death rates among his supporters added in Declaration.
The study, which analyzed data from January 21 to November 10 last year and found Infection rates were 30%. higher in The provinces whose candidate was then Bolsonaro won in 2018 – 7600 per 100,000 inhabitants, on an average. Mortality rates were 60% higher it’s there found – 212 per 100,000, on an average.
claimed COVID-19 more More than 660,000 lives in Brazil, second Only for the United States in Absolute numbers.
However, the weekly death The death toll has dropped dramatically with 75% of 213 million Brazilians people Now they are fully vaccinated – despite Bolsonaro’s repeated anti-vaccine comments.
Starling’s expert and bioinformatics expert Braulio Couto will present the yet-to-be-published study this month at the European Congress. of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Lisbon which selection A peer committee reviewed their findings.
and echoed results of Published a similar study in Walks in The medical journal The Lancet, which compared Brazil’s 2018 elections results nationally with COVID-19 death rates and also found Counties that voted for Bolsonaro’s performance was worse in epidemic.
Bolsonaro, who Come up for Re-election in October, has a faced harmful criticism over treat it of He described the virus as a “little flu”. Senate Committee last October recommended face criminal Charges, including offenses against humanity for response to the epidemic.
The government Did not immediately respond to the request for comment on the study.