SvennoJ said:
sethnintendo said:
Living conditions play a big factor. It is spreading like crazy in Brazil's slums which majority of people don't even have running water. Plus they are packed together. Brazil's president doesn't care for any shutdowns either and social distancing isn't promoted by the government.
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They did shutdowns, but not enough, and I doubt it would matter much for the slums.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-05-08-COVID19-Report-21.pdf
By March 23rd measures were in effect, which started seeing results from April 1st. (peak growth)
Yet Rt remained above 1.0, not doing enough.
It's a balancing act which accelerates either way. Think of it as interest on daily infections, R0 is about 17% daily interest, Brazil is at 4.2% daily interest. 4 times slower, still going bankrupt.
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I know their president is acting worse than mine (Trump) which is pretty hard to do. I suppose they did do some lock downs but the president seems like he was against the measures or at least now he wants to open up even though it is spreading like crazy there now. I saw recent video of him with supporters lined up crowded together cheering and hollering for him while he hugs children. Pretty soon this guy might end up like Boris or worse.
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