So much for 'This too shall pass'....

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How many times have I read that on mn?

Except its not passing, is it

A good balanced account that highlights that Brazil was well placed in terms of its healthcare system and preparedness for a pandemic but that it’s failure to respond was political.

In particular “ In terms of monitoring and understanding the virus’s spread and impact, the Ministry of Health has failed to produce systematic and timely indicators that would allow decision makers to coordinate a more effective response. Federal data continues to lack coherence with other sources, and many important data are not even collected. Epidemiological surveillance has also been negligent. The federal government has opted for “rapid” serological tests instead of RT-PCR, though the latter represent the most effective means of diagnosing COVID-19.”

It is actually a manifestation of Orientalism to make any sort of sweeping generalisations about the rest of the world. Each country has its own context and we should try to understand them in that context.