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On the day that Brazil reported the highest number of deaths from covid-19, registered in 24 hours, in 2021 (1,452 deaths), President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) again criticized the policies of social isolation and defended the return to work.
“Life goes on, we have to face adversity. It makes no sense to stay home crying, we won’t get anywhere. We will respect the virus, we will return to work, because without an economy there is no Brazil,” said the president. during your weekly life.
With the new deaths recorded between yesterday and today, the country reached 236,397 deaths caused by the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a survey by the consortium of press vehicles of which the Twitter It is part of. Until then, the highest number of daily deaths in 2021 had been on January 28 (1,439).
The moving average of deaths in the past seven days, 1,073, is also the highest on record this year. This is the second largest period in which Brazil has an average of deaths above 1,000 in the entire pandemic. In total, it’s already 22 days. The longest sequence occurred between July 3 and August 2 (31 days).
Import of experimental medicine
During the live, Bolsonaro also announced that tomorrow he should speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the possibility of importing an experimental cancer drug that can help the recovery of hospitalized patients with covid-19.
“In Israel it is a spray [que estão testando], we are in contact, the virtual meeting is already arranged [com Netanyahu] to talk about this new spray that is serving, at least experimentally, for people in serious condition. Are you in serious condition? Here, hey, are you going to wait for them to intubate you? The president asked.
There [em Israel] a remedy is being developed in the final stage to cure [sic] covid-19. When I said medicine back there, they hit me, they went into the pile of vaccines. The guy who gets into the vaccine pile is a useful jerk, because we must have several options. For those who are infected, there is no vaccine to use.
Jair Bolsonaro, explaining the interest in experimental medicine
He also made a false equivalence when comparing the absence of more solid evidence on the effectiveness of the drug with the fact that vaccines against covid-19 do not have a definitive registry in Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency). Unlike the aerosol tested in Israel, the immunizers used today in Brazil and in the world have efficacy, quality and safety attested by clinical studies.
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