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Earlier this week I spoke to @bbcbrasil (an absolute pleasure to speak to @tcarran) about the pandemic in Brazil and OxCGRT’s Brazil-subnational findings. Thank you to the 80 volunteers who have coded city + state policies in Brazil! And especially to @beakira + @malu_luciano 1/7
I described this graph of Brazil, South Africa and the USA. It shows how deaths has risen, how closure, containment and health policies have changed over time, and separately how economic support policies (income support and debt relief for households) have changed. 2/7
In this wave, Brazil has not significantly increasing closure policies, and has reduced household economic support dramatically. 3/7
OxCGRT also created this graphic of Brazilian state capitals: The vertical axis shows policy strength, and the horizontal axis the number of cases in each capital. Thus, the closer cities are to the bottom-right corner, the weaker their policies given the spread of the virus. 4/7
See how Brazil’s state capitals have gradually moved closer to the bottom-right corner from September to December. 5/7
Compared to other forms of accountability for not following the WHO’s recommendations, I also said that governments that haven’t responded well to the pandemic are more likely to be held responsible at the ballot box. (Curious photo choice, BBC, given my words.) 6/7
The full interview is here: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-55712262 7/7
