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Latin America

patphil

(8,897 posts)

1. Brazil has the 2nd highest number of cases and fatalities of any country.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Apr 16, 2021, 09:47 AM

Apr 2021

Of course the USA is #1.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdvegas1?%22#countries

It's no coincidence that these two countries both had arrogant, callous, ego driven, self-absorbed jackasses running their countries when the pandemic hit.
We flushed Trump, but Bolsonaro still leads Brazil.
Unfortunately Trump's legacy of reckless disregard for medical science and stubborn insistence against taking any safety precautions still holds sway in 10's of millions of Americans.
But in Brazil, Bolosonaro still runs the show and he has consistently demonstrated that he couldn't care less what happens to the people there. On March 5th, after 2 straight days of record deaths, he told his people to "stop whining and move on".

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/stop-whining-bolsonaro-tells-brazilians-record-covid-deaths-rcna360

What an asshole!

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Spreading faster, hitting harder - why young Brazilians are dying of Covid [View all] Eugene Apr 2021 OP

Brazil has the 2nd highest number of cases and fatalities of any country. patphil Apr 2021 #1

What an unexpected turn, after the Orange Lummox insisted younger people are never affected. Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #2