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Marconi Moura de Lima

Professor and writer. Graduated in Literature from the University of Brasília (UnB) and holds a postgraduate degree in Public Law from the Prof. Damásio de Jesus Law School. He was Secretary of Education and Culture in Cidade Ocidental. He teaches in the Agroecology course at the State University of Goiás (UEG), and insists on discussing issues of a new Brazilian civilizational arrangement.

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How do we show people that Bolsonaro will be a murderer...?

Honestly, if there is any serious minister in Bolsonaro's government who doesn't want to be complicit in murder, it's time for them to resign; and time to be sensible and think about the millions of Brazilians who could die because of the President's decisions.

How we showed people that Bolsonaro will be a murderer... (Photo: Alan Santos - PR)

...what if he continues with his stubborn refusal to end the quarantine?

I want to start this text by making it clear that I am not calling Bolsonaro a murderer, however, I am saying that he (by thus encouraging this) will kill us all, not only our grandparents, but a much, much larger population if he doesn't stop now calling on the population to end social isolation, demanding that everything return to a normality that doesn't exist; that only exists in his head and in the heads of the brainless people who advise him.

Even Donald Trump, the president of the United States (whom Bolsonaro likes so much), realized that the only chance to save more lives will be through quarantine. Trump urgently asked the population to stay home. 

It's not just scientists who have proven this. It's reality, the obvious and logical world placed before us.

Italy, like Bolsonaro wants, tried to delay isolating its population as much as possible. It was only 6 days, I repeat: six days different from the strategy of other countries that imposed isolation. In those mere 6 days in which Italy tried not to quarantine, the contamination went from 800 people to 10.000. Wow! That's an epidemic; it's a pandemic. It's not a video game where I'm testing levels until I improve my gameplay. Only isolation reduces the contamination curve and gives scientists time to find a vaccine, and gives doctors and nurses (who suffer so much in hospitals) time to cure the sick, send them home, and receive new patients in the existing beds.

There was a campaign: “Milan Doesn’t Stop”. A month later, the Italian city has already recorded 4 deaths… and people continue to die there. And do you know what the authorities are doing? Apologizing to the population because they acknowledge they were wrong to order businesses to reopen, leave people in the streets, and underestimate the damned virus. (RESEARCH IT!)

All first-world countries. I repeat: all countries with sensible political leadership are prohibiting their populations from going out into the streets. They are keeping businesses closed. They know that the economy recovers over the months, but the trauma of millions of people dead, that will never be recovered. And millions will DIE. Please, listen to the scientists. They studied for this.

It's important to remind everyone that there aren't enough hospital beds for everyone. Even if you survive COVID-19, or your child survives this coronavirus, but one of you gets sick from another illness, there will be NO BEDS available to help your relatives. THINK ABOUT IT! Hospital beds are already overloaded in several hospitals in Brazil, and the situation is likely to worsen. Let's say someone doesn't die from COVID-19, but has a stroke or another illness, and there's no ICU bed available. What to do? Do you want to see thousands of bodies lying in the streets or, as in Italy, being cremated without the family even being able to say goodbye to their loved ones?

The truth is that Bolsonaro has lost power. It's only a matter of time before he's completely alone in his incompetence to govern. However, he's exploiting the cognitive fragility of a small portion of his voters, those who listen to strange voices and THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING. They receive any little WhatsApp message and are already convinced of the TRUTH (a false truth). Bolsonaro sees that he could fall from the Presidency of the Republic and clings to fundamentalists (some religious and others nostalgic for the Military Dictatorship) to remain a few more days in his arrogance and vanity in power.

However, I appeal to the intelligence of the overwhelming majority of the population: do not go out into the street. Do not listen to what Bolsonaro is asking you. He doesn't know (or rather, pretends not to know) that every time he calls someone to leave social isolation, he is killing that person and so many others who live (and will live) with that person. 

Honestly, if there is any serious MINISTER in Bolsonaro's government, and if they don't want to be complicit in murder, it's time to resign; and time to be sensible and think about the millions of Brazilians who could die because of the President's decisions.

Furthermore, please, citizen: STAY HOME! I want to live... and I want everyone to live in peace... Don't just think about yourself. Think about the millions of people who are at risk of dying... 

* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.