Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy

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Post by pseudolus » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:24 PM UTC

Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy
reuters.com

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Post by x3n0ph3n3 » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:36 PM UTC

I know we're talking about people's lives, but maybe the world needs to see a country get it devastatingly wrong.

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Post by romwell » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:36 PM UTC

Good luck to all Brazilians. They'll need it.

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Post by romwell » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:37 PM UTC

x3n0ph3n3 wrote: post #2

I know we're talking about people's lives, but maybe the world needs to see a country get it devastatingly wrong.

I wish the effects were limited to the politicians making the decisions.

Perhaps Boris Johnson's attitude will change a little bit now, for example.

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Post by mikepurvis » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:38 PM UTC

x3n0ph3n3 wrote: post #2

I know we're talking about people's lives, but maybe the world needs to see a country get it devastatingly wrong.

Already happening in Sweden: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/covid-19-as-swedens-deat...

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Post by save_ferris » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:38 PM UTC

The parallels between the current US and Brazilian administrations are hard to ignore. That said, I really hope Trump and Fauci are able to see this crisis out together. Bolsonaro’s decision today could kill thousands, no doubt.

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Post by JamisonM » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:38 PM UTC

x3n0ph3n3 wrote: post #2

I know we're talking about people's lives, but maybe the world needs to see a country get it devastatingly wrong.

I think Russia is already setting that example, really no need for two.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/covid-19-russia-spike-cases-1....

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Post by aphroz » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:41 PM UTC

Honest question: Did we see any anormal mortality in any country caused by the covid-19? Countrywide there seems to be less death than usual on the period January-March in Europe.

Edit: And here goes my karma. I will need to do some PR to catch up with this :)

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Post by vtail » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:42 PM UTC

JamisonM wrote: post #7

x3n0ph3n3 wrote: post #2

I know we're talking about people's lives, but maybe the world needs to see a country get it devastatingly wrong.

I think Russia is already setting that example, really no need for two. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/covid-19-russia-spike-cases-1....

Moscow and most of the other places in Russia are on a complete lockdown for more than a week now - much stricter that eg. NY or California. I’m not sure what do you mean by your comment.

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Post by virtualritz » Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 11:42 PM UTC

That reminds me of another headline from last month that was right up the Monty Python alley too: ”Turkmenistan Has Banned Use Of The Word ‘Coronavirus’”

As a friend who’s a standup comedian said in response to reading that: “Brilliant, why didn’t our government think of this? We wouldn’t have all these problems.”

[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...