Science misuse and polarised political narratives in the COVID-19 response

Affiliations

¹ René Rachou Institute, Fiocruz Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
² Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Instituto de Estudos para Politicas de Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Instituto de Estudos para Politicas de Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil; São Paulo School of Business Administration, Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil; Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
⁵ Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Instituto de Estudos para Politicas de Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: thomas.hone12@imperial.ac.uk.

Comment

Rômulo Paes-Sousa et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 21;396(10263):1635-1636.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32168-1. Epub 2020 Oct 19.

¹ René Rachou Institute, Fiocruz Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
² Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Instituto de Estudos para Politicas de Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Instituto de Estudos para Politicas de Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil; São Paulo School of Business Administration, Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil; Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
⁵ Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Instituto de Estudos para Politicas de Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: thomas.hone12@imperial.ac.uk.

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Brazil's COVID-19 response.
Pontes MRN, Lima JP. Pontes MRN, et al. Lancet. 2020 Sep 19;396(10254):e34. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31919-X. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32950096 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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