DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS FOR THE FIGHT OF COVID-19 IN BRAZIL

Abstract

The Coronavirus pandemic, caused by the SAR-COV-2 virus, has its genesis of transmission to humans in the markets of the city of Wuhan, Hubei province in China, caused, as far as is known, through the consumption of infected wild animals. Concentrating about 629 million cases and more than 6 million deaths, COVID-19, as it became known, is the biggest pandemic of the century until 2020. After the identification of the first case at the end of 2019, several countries took quarantine measures. , isolation and social distancing, in order to avoid community transmission and generate the suppression of the disease. In the battle against the pathogen, some countries showed better results – such as China, South Korea and Germany –, while others, such as Brazil and the United States, suffered vehemently with a high number of cases and deaths. The present work consists of a bibliographical, qualitative, analytical, applied and comparative research. In this article, we seek to analyze the development of the disease and the effectiveness of the measures adopted to combat it in Brazil, as well as the relationship between the established guidelines and the maintenance of basic fundamental rights and democracy. Finally, aiming at the persistence of the pathogen or new crises caused by other viruses, it also aims to conjecture the possibility of a better way to combat diseases.