Literature DB >> 33070682

Coronavirus, Capitalism in Crisis and the Perversity of Public Health in Bolsonaro's Brazil.

Leonardo Carnut1, Áquilas Mendes2,3, Lucia Guerra1.   

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the meaning of the coronavirus crisis as an integral part of the totality of the capitalist crisis and its implication in the health area of Brazilian capitalism, in which the rise of ultraliberal and neofascist policies is witnessed by the Bolsonaro government. To this end, we opted for a historical-dialectical materialist analysis of the situation experienced between the global beginning of the pandemic until the month of May 2020 in Brazil. The article is structured in 2 parts: The first discusses the problem of agrifood systems in the context of capitalism in crisis and its effects on the spread of diseases such as the coronavirus, and the second discusses the neglect of the Bolsonaro government in facing the COVID-19 pandemic and the Brazilian universal health system. Evidence shows that the Bolsonaro government has led to more deaths and more of the barbarism of capitalism. The scenario after the pandemic will be one of a country with a more or less intense capitalist crisis depending on the resistance of workers in the defense of public health and lives.

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Keywords:  Brazil; coronavirus; crisis; pandemic; politics; public health

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Year:  2020        PMID: 33070682     DOI: 10.1177/0020731420965137

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Health Serv        ISSN: 0020-7314            Impact factor:   1.663


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Review 1.  Covid-19 Outbreak in Brazil: Health, Social, Political, and Economic Implications.

Authors:  Michele Kremer Sott; Mariluza Sott Bender; Kamila da Silva Baum
Journal:  Int J Health Serv       Date:  2022-09-04       Impact factor: 1.851

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