University Center of Formiga (UNIFOR/MG) and State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG). Science and Education.
Afr Health Sci. 2021 Dec;21(4):1938-1940. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v21i4.52.
About 100 years separate the last two pandemics that hit humanity, but scientific development does not seem to have impacted Brazilian society, including its leaders. Remedies without scientific proof, obviously without effectiveness, have been used in Brazil against the Spanish flu and nothing has changed against COVID-19. But perhaps today the process of disinformation is worse because the Internet and social networks are too efficient to spread Fake News, resulting in doctors, politicians and journalists prescribing all kinds of innocuous medicines. In this way, Brazil and its government conduct an erratic confrontation of the disease, based on scientific denialism, with tragic results.
最后两次袭击人类的大流行病相隔约 100 年，但科学发展似乎并未对巴西社会产生影响，包括其领导人。在巴西，针对西班牙流感和 COVID-19，人们都使用了未经科学证明、显然无效的疗法。但是，如今的虚假信息传播可能更为严重，因为互联网和社交网络的传播效率太高，以至于假新闻得以传播，导致医生、政客和记者开出各种无害的药物。这样，巴西及其政府就在科学否认主义的基础上，对这种疾病进行了不稳定的对抗，结果造成了悲剧。
