Abstract:The COVID-19 has exposed people to different risks, increasing the chances of losing jobs and income, worsening well-being levels, as well as developing serious health problems or death. In Brazil and US, at least in the first phases, the respective governments underestimated the extent of the pandemic, employing policies not adequately pointed at reducing the virus diffusion and at improving the public health system. This attitude, progressively mitigated, probably assumed an important role on the pandemic im… Show more
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