Thread by @DrEricDing

Loud protests erupted across Brazil as COVID-sceptic President Bolsonaro claimed citizens would soon be able to resume “normal lives” despite soaring death toll of 3200+ today.

~1/3 of all #COVID19 deaths worldwide today were in 🇧🇷. 🧵

(HT @tomphillipsin)theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…

2) “Bolsonaro, whose anti-science response to coronavirus has drawn international condemnation, made a televised address to the country on Tuesday night, as Brazil suffered by far its heaviest day of losses since the outbreak began last February.”

3) ““What I see before me is a country that attaches no value to the lives of its citizens,” the scientist and broadcaster Átila Iamarino said of his government’s response.

4) “In Rio de Janeiro dissenters could be heard heaping scorn and insults on the president from the windows of apartment buildings where residents have lost their lives. “Murderer!”, “Liar!” they bellowed. “Be gone, Bolsonaro!”



5) “Experts and scientific evidence contradict Bolsonaro’s claim that Brazil will soon return to “normal life” and many state capitals are now entering a period of lockdown despite his opposition to such moves.

6) ““This is the most severe moment of the pandemic and the prognosis is not good,” said Margareth Dalcolmo, a pneumologist from the public health institute @fiocruz @fiocruz_en

7) ““The situation is dramatic. The hospitals are completely exploding. There are no available beds any more – even for rich people,” Dalcolmo added, calling for a two-week lockdown that might slow the spread of the virus.

8) “On Tuesday more than 1,000 deaths were reported in São Paulo state alone. The state’s governor, João Doria, blamed the calamity on Brazil’s “psychopathic leader”.

9) today’s #COVID19 death toll in Brazil is unfathomable. The thread 🧵 also explains the current vaccine crisis there too. (Spoiler—Brazil is depleted of vaccines in places like Rio De Janeiro)

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1374478498476171276

10) Hospitals completely overwhelmed and overflowing. ICU beds just cannot be found anymore.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1373690086831841287

11) SOBERING—60% of all ICU patients in São Paulo 🇧🇷 are now between the ages of 30-50 years old, reports @MattRiversCNN.

Let that sink in.