People that know Brazil, know that covid is being managed by each state and that the left-leaning states that have the hardest lockdowns. The number of covid deaths have "declined" significantly now that a new State of Health requires that the reported deaths have an identity attached to each death
Adding to that, the worst state in covid cases and deaths, São Paulo, is lead by a left leaning politician that is leading the country with the hardest lockdown
Sweden has been one of the countries that has the least amount of covid cases in the world and has no lockdown.
This article is utter nonsense and pure propaganda. The economist should be ashamed of publishing this