Clash between Science and Politics: The COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil.

This article examines Brazil's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of the politicization of science. We seek to identify what made possible a relatively successful immunization campaign, notwithstanding the opposition of anti-vaccine forces within the government, and look at how p...

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Publicado en:Social Research Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 53 - 74
Autores principales: Reis, Elisa, Lopez, Felix
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press Spring2023
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