Nicolelis: 'Population needs to wake up to the scale of our tragedy'.
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02/26/2021 10:29 AM The doctor and neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis said he saw a great chance of a 'national collapse' and defends the need for a 21-day 'immediate' national lockdown amid the worsening of new coronavirus pandemic. Yesterday, the country recorded the record of new deaths caused by the disease in the last 24 hours: 1,582. 'The population needs to wake up he said, in an interview with the newspaper “O Globo.“
Asked how the country reached the situation in which the collapse of the health system is registered in several states, Nicolelis recalled that, unlike the first wave, when each state registered problems in a certain period, 'synchronizing effects' appeared, citing the parties of end of year, elections and Carnival.
'Now, everything is exploding at the same time. This means that there is no medication, there is no way to intubate, you will not be able to transfer from one city to another, you will not be able to transfer anywhere. The consequence of the health collapse is the funerary collapse.
Scientists don't just look at the present, but look at the future, while the politician is thinking about today, how to resist pressure from sector X not to close, despite the deaths, 'he argues.
Classifying as 'harmful' what he called the 'absence of command from the federal government', the scientist said he saw the chance of a national collapse as great.
'It is not that every corner will collapse, but a good part of the capitals can collapse at the same time, we have never been close to that. If it eliminates indigenous genocide and slavery, it is the greatest tragedy in Brazil. The absence of command from the federal government is harmful. This is a war. In other countries this is the message that was given, see China. It is curious to see that in the Western world it is difficult to convey this message of gravity. In Israel, half the population was vaccinated in the middle of a lockdown, and Israel is a country that understands what a war is. They adopted a national salvation speech, the mobilization was total ', he says.
I have been asking myself a lot: what is the value of life in Brazil? What value do politicians give to the life of the citizen if they do not close activities in a place with 100% occupancy of the beds? Having to preserve the economy is not only an economic falsehood, it also demonstrates a complete lack of empathy for people's lives. What scares me the most is the low value of life. Politicians are the first component, but so is society. Because when someone goes to a clandestine party at the end of the year, at a carnival, they crowd in a ballad or on the edge of the football field, it does not only compromise their health, but the lives of their families, neighbors and people they don't even know . Our society at some point lost its connection with how irreparable life is.
Regarding vaccination, the doctor said that no one expected Brazil to perform so poorly. The immunization campaign started in mid-January, but continues at a timid pace. 'We could be vaccinating 10 million, more than any country. It is like a Greek tragedy, but it is Brazilian, that somebody will tell one day. Because it is epic, like the defeat of the Trojans
In his opinion, the country would need a national lockdown, with the support of a communication campaign in order to have collaboration from the population because, at that time, measures of time restriction have no effect. 'The consequence of the loss of half a million people cannot be imagined. Without people, there is no economy, nobody produces, nobody consumes. It's inconceivable, 'he criticizes. He said that there is still time to revert the situation, 'but it has to change everything', saying that he is proposing the creation of a national salvation commission, without the participation of the Ministry of Health, organized by governors, to resolve the logistical issue.
Is it a war, when are we going to face the real enemy? Brazil is the largest open-air laboratory to see what happens to the virus running wild. Second, an immediate, national, 21-day lockdown, with sanitary barriers on the roads, airports closed. And then expand coverage, using multiple vaccines. You can't keep arguing, sign the contract and go ahead, leave it for later, we're talking about the lives of 1,500 people a day, 5 boeings are falling. Vaccination, vaccination, vaccination, testing and social isolation. There's no way in a war. We are facing an epic, incalculable, biblical loss
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This Wednesday (24), Brazil reached the mark of 250 thousand deaths caused by the covid-19. So far, the country has counted 1,390 new deaths caused by the disease in the last 24 hours, according to an extra bulletin released this afternoon by the consortium of media outlets of which UOL is a part, based on data provided by the state health departments. The total number of victims so far is 250,036. The vaccination started in mid-January, but continues in timid steps: only 2.87% of the country's population had received at least one dose of immunizing until yesterday, according to the consortium.
