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COVID-19 in Bolsonaro's Brazil
The Human Toll of Science Denialism
Carolina Antunes/Presidência da República
Join a panel of public health experts and journalists in a discussion of the crisis.
Friday, November 19, 2021
12:00 PM (Pacific Time)Zoom Webinar
Brazil has the second-highest COVID-19 death toll of any country, trailing only the United States. But as nearly 600,000 have died, President Jair Bolsonaro has undermined state and local public health measures and refused to be vaccinated. Join us to hear a panel of public health experts and journalists discuss the crisis.
Panelists:
Karin Nielsen, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA Children’s Hospital
Maria Amelia Veras, Department of Collective Health, Santa Casa de São Paulo
Brian Mier, Co-editor of Brasil Wire, and Brazil Correspondent for teleSUR
Cost: Free and open to the public
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Sponsor(s): Center for Brazilian Studies, Latin American Institute