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The day after the Ministry of Health deleted a tweet that highlighted social isolation as a way to prevent the new coronavirus, President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) made a post on Facebook with a recommendation related to the disease.
In capital letters, Bolsonaro highlighted the expressions “seek a doctor” and “early treatment” in the text in which he recommends that, at the first symptoms, the patient seek the opinion of a professional. The guidance is the same that the Ministry of Health has used since June, but the president does not mention social isolation, one of the main recommendations of medical and health authorities during the pandemic.
“At the first symptoms, find a doctor and start treatment early. Don’t wait to get out of breath to make the decision to find a doctor and start treatment early,” says the president’s message.
The post also says that “Brazil is one of the countries that has the highest number of recovered from covid-19” and highlights a phrase pronounced yesterday during an event in the opposite direction to social isolation. “If ‘stay at home’ were applied in the countryside, we would have shortages, hunger, misery and social problems,” the president said yesterday. At the time, he said the field worker faced the pandemic and was not “lazy.”
Brazil has 5,389,863 recovered covid-19 patients, but 167,497 Brazilians died from the disease, a number only lower than in the United States. In total, 5,947,403 cases were registered in the country during the pandemic.
Epidemiologists around the world recommend social detachment as the most effective way to spread the virus. The measure is frequently criticized by Bolsonaro, who says that it is also necessary to take care of the economy.
Ministry of Health manifests
The content of Bolsonaro’s publication coincides with the official note issued last night by the Ministry of Health to explain why a tweet advocating social isolation in the face of the spread of the new coronavirus was removed from the portfolio’s profile.
The guidelines followed brochures from health authorities and medical entities, but they drew attention on social networks for opposing the discourse adopted by Bolsonaro, which minimizes the severity of the pandemic and encourages the use of drugs without proven efficacy against the new coronavirus, such as the hydroxychloroquine. .
Saying that the recommendations on Twitter had “wrong information” due to a “human error”, the Ministry of Health said in the official note that “the portfolio reinforces the importance of early care against covid-19″ and that the ” treatment protocol “for disease and use of medications is at the discretion of health professionals, in accordance with the will of the patients.”
The note also says that it encourages preventive measures, but mentions only hand washing and the use of alcohol gel and masks as an example, without reference to social isolation.
In the tweet deleted yesterday morning, the Ministry of Health expressly recognized the importance of keeping your distance.
“It is important to remember that, to date, there are no specific vaccines, foods, substances or remedies that prevent or can end COVID-19. Our greatest action against the virus is social isolation and adherence to individual protection measures. “said the publication.
