By Samantha Pearson Close Samantha Pearson and Luciana Magalhaes Close Luciana Magalhaes Oct. 2, 2020 5:30 am ET SÃO PAULO—The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged Latin America, killing more than 300,000 people, erasing years of social and economic gains and plunging millions back into poverty. But from Mexico to Brazil, a recent slowdown in new cases and fatalities is raising cautious hopes that the hard-hit region might be turning a corner.
Last week, there were eight patients at her hospital in need of an ICU bed. A month earlier, however, Dr. López said medical staff had to choose between 52 critically ill patients for just three available beds. The recent declines likely result from factors that differ widely from country to country and even city to city, they say.
While many European countries and some parts of the U.S. adopted a strategy of suppression to reduce the number of cases through severe social-distancing measures, this was impossible in much of Latin America, said Zulma Cucunubá, a researcher at Imperial College London. if { function loadCSS{function d{for;t?o.media=n||"all":setTimeout}var o=window.document.createElement,a=t||window.document.getElementsByTagName[0],i=window.document.styleSheets;return o.rel="stylesheet",o.href=e.trim,o.media="only x",a.parentNode.appendChild,d,o}window.loadCSS=loadCSS; } #g-LATAMVIRUS-box.ai2html_export { max-width: 700px; width:100%; margin: 0 auto; } .g-aiImg { margin-top: -1.2px; } .
In Mexico, Chile and Peru, the transmission rate—the number of people a carrier is likely to infect—is currently above one, indicating growth of the disease, according to the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London.
Herd?
Nice spin bro, too bad it’s a lie.
Here’s the key and what should be the fucking lede: In April, at least 70% of people in most parts of Latin America said they always wore masks when going out, compared with less than 30% across most of the U.S. and the U.K...” WearADamnMask
Weren’t there like 700 deaths in one day in Brazil this week?
Looks like Trump should've took COVID19 seriously no sympathy here. We all make choices in life & finally karma comes a knocking.
Paywall for pandemic-related info. Classy.
Huh, it’s almost like pandemics have a natural rise and fall.
Of course Summer is around the corner which means less spread of the virus, while us in the northern hemisphere should prepare for a second wave.
What the fuck is wrong with these people all getting each others faces
Many are already dead and new deaths are falling. This is good news?
This is not a healthy way of life. Why not respect the health and rights of others. بیش از 1000000 نفر از میان همین 35000000 نفر که مبتلا به COVID19 بودند کشته شدند...چرا باور نداریم؟؟
Conservative politics, policies and leaders have lead their respective countries to suffer not only economically, but medically in greater numbers during his pandemic. Regardless of your opinion on the value of conservatism, the only objective conclusion is that it's wrong.
Brazil’s job market posted its biggest gains in 9 years in August, adding to a growing number of people who support president Jair Bolsonaro.
Did I mention the trade surplus? Imports slowed down faster than exports in September in Brazil, yielding a record-high trade surplus. Exports exceeded imports by USD 6.164 billion, the strongest result for the month since record-keeping began in 1989.
Good news
great. Sweden is another successful case that msm hate.
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Herd immunity. It’s a virus.
so to clarify... the number of NEW cases has been consistently RISING, and now the number of NEW cases is finally not rising as quickly? That’s not exactly great news
Brazil manufacturing PMI hits record high 64.9 in September -IHS Markit Manufacturing expanded at a record pace in Sept
Like all viruses
Not only that ! The economy is coming back with a vengeance! And President Jair Bolsonaro approval is up and up...
Of course they are. The curve is the curve
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