A catástrofe da COVID-19: descompasso entre ciência e política

Adherence to social distancing measures in southern Brazil, 2020/2021: a cross-sectional study

“…Alcohol use during the pandemic was reported by 13.0% of individuals who adhered to social distancing. This prevalence was lower than that observed in other studies, ( 37 , 38 ) which found that alcohol consumption was associated with fear of dying or losing a loved one, sadness, depression, anxiety, and insecurity about employment. ( 37 , 38 ) It is worth highlighting that unemployment, the adoption of home office work, and less access to places of consumption may have influenced the reduction in the level of alcohol consumption and explain the results obtained.…”

Age at onset of alcohol consumption and its association with alcohol misuse in adulthood

“…According to World Health Organization (WHO) report “global health estimates: leading causes of death”, 156 546 people died from alcohol use disorders, and 438 006 died from diseases caused by alcohol intake in 2019. During the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) period, alcohol‐related deaths did not decrease in number, even though social distancing and other quarantine policies were implemented worldwide Previous studies that investigated alcohol‐related deaths during the pandemic claim that the number of deaths related to alcohol increased between year 2019 and 2020 Moreover, it is studied that alcohol misuse is rising harm to the people during the pandemic in the United States and Brazil 1,2 . The studies assume that stay‐at‐home policies may have promoted the growth of alcohol consumption.…”