Combating the coronavirus: biologist emphasizes the importance of Brazil shutting down.
Based on international studies, biologist Átila Iamarino projects the lethality of Covid-19 if Brazil did not take measures to combat the spread of the disease.
247 - In a video that went viral online, biologist Átila Iamarino analyzes, based on international studies, that the number of deaths in Brazil due to Covid-19, caused by the coronavirus, would reach 1,4 million by the end of August. According to him, this projection would be confirmed if the country were not adopting measures to combat the spread of the virus.
"If Brazil does nothing, if businesses continue operating everywhere, if we hadn't declared a state of emergency, if everyone had continued with life as normal, as some are advocating, following this projection, Brazil would have 1,4 million deaths by the end of August due to Covid-19 alone. Those people who need hospital beds will occupy those beds, and those who don't have beds will have to stay home, they won't have access to ventilators, they won't have access to oxygen," said the biologist.
"What we are seeing in Italy is nothing compared to what the coronavirus could be like if the country does nothing. Fortunately, we are doing something, all countries are," he also said.