How Bolsonaro Seized Trump's Crown as the World's Worst COVID Leader
RIO DE JANEIRO—Spurred on by the mishandling and unhinged bravado of President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s latest COVID surge threatens to sweep the country into first place among the world’s most deadly coronavirus outbreaks.
Desperate medical professionals and local officials who are battling to counteract Bolsonaro’s antipathy to facemasks, lockdowns and—until recently—vaccines told The Daily Beast that the virus is now completely out of control and they fear the death toll will continue to explode.
“The situation is desperate,” Dr. Gerson Salvador, who works in the emergency room of a São Paulo hospital, told The Daily Beast. “And what has gotten us here is the attitude of the president.”
This week, Brazil surpassed 4,000 deaths in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began more than a year ago—and experts warn the worst may be yet to come. Across the country, cemeteries are running out of space and some cities have opened up mass graves. In São Paulo, authorities say they plan to bury victims in drawer-like “vertical graves.”
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I'm sure the fact the orange blob is no longer in office helped.
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