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Most of those who say they know someone infected say that the person is an acquaintance (55%), a close friend (47%)
A Datafolha survey conducted in December shows that 79% of Brazilians say they have already caught or know someone who has been infected by Covid-19.
Most of those who say they know someone infected say that the person is an acquaintance (55%), a close friend (47%) or even a relative who does not live in the same home as the respondent (40%).
Among those who responded this way, the majority live in the Midwest and North regions (84%) and in cities of the metropolitan region (83%); indoors, that number drops to 76%.
However, research shows that this is more common among the wealthiest (95% of those with a family income of more than 10 times the minimum wage) and more educated (91% of those with a college degree), although these groups are the least isolated, the same research shows.
However, with the recent increase in cases, the proportion of Brazilians who believe that the pandemic situation in Brazil is worsening has risen to 73%.
The last time Datafolha asked this question, in August, that proportion was 43%, when the number of deaths in the country began to fall after peaking in July.
These figures vary according to the support of the interviewee for President Jair Bolsonaro, who repeatedly denies the seriousness of the disease.
Of those who consider Bolsonaro’s government to be bad or terrible, 87% say the pandemic is getting worse. Among those who evaluate it as good or excellent, this figure drops to 59%.
Another Datafolha poll published by the daily “Folha de S.Paulo” showed that the majority of Brazilians affirm that the president is not to blame for the total deaths in the country.
On the other hand, the proportion of Brazilians who say they are afraid of taking Covid-19 has decreased. In the most recent survey, 41% said they were very afraid of the disease, a figure that reached 47% in June, the most acute phase of the pandemic. Those who say they are not afraid of contracting Covid-19 jumped to 24% in December, up from 18% in August.
The Datafolha survey was conducted between December 8 and 10 with 2,016 adult Brazilians in all regions and states of the country, by telephone, with calls to cell phones (used by 90% of the population). The margin of error is two percentage points.
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