A Farewell to Arms: Brazilian Politics and Blame Avoidance during the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Ivan Filipe Fernandes,
Gustavo Andrey de Almeida Lopes Fernandes,
Pedro Ivo Camacho Alves Salvador
et al.
Abstract:Brazil was one of the countries most affected by COVID‐19. Many deaths could have been avoided by implementing severe non‐pharmaceutical interventions. Despite support for stay‐at‐home requirements and masking mandates from subnational authorities, the president actively pushed back against it. What are the consequences of the political pressures against measures to mitigate virus dissemination and the utmost prioritisation of short‐term economic consequences? The article demonstrates that the strategies of sh… Show more
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