In Brazil, the majority of the population does not have sewage. Tap water is not potable and is not distributed every day, in some areas twice a week, in some areas less than that. This creates the need for everyone to have a water tank at home, creating the possibility of a large number of mosquito breeding sites. And the Moskito Aedes aegypti is a terrible vector of 52 diseases [0], among which it transmits a sarcoma (!!!) among hamsters.
The current government tried not to buy vaccines[1], trying to wait for the Butantan vaccine.
The current Brazilian government is the same or worse (!) than the previous one, more censorship, more dead Indians[2], more fires in the Amazon rainforest[3], and one thing is really worse: all the press covers up the mistakes of the current government .
And...politicians are crazy, intelligent, incredible psychopaths. In the last two weeks the discussion has been about freedom of expression, about Elon Musk and so on. Economy, education, security and health are never priorities. It's clear that the government is trying to pass a law to regulate social media (and using Musk and Twitter as an example to do so), and the mainstream press is very eager to do so, because the law has a part that states that social media will pay for links to news sites. It is not a problem for a country that needs sewage.
They are incredibly good at doing nothing. Some things in Brazil have been discussed for over 100 years, an example is a tunnel in the city of Santos[5].
The next government will also be bad, the population will fight over policies and nothing will change. I will never understand why people fight for these psychopaths. "My psychopath is better than yours."
Please, I will not discuss “fascists” or “communists”, left or right, “everything is politics”, “but billionaires are bad”, etc. These are first-world problems. It is irrelevant for a country that needs sewage. Of course this can be discussed, but not in the current proportion. Sewers are much more important than that.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_aegypti#Vector_of_diseas... [1] https://saude-ig-com-br.translate.goog/2023-07-03/dengue-min... .html?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp [2] https://g1-globo-com.translate.goog/jornal-nacional/noticia/... -2022-showm-dados-do-ministerio-da-saude.ghtml?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp [3] https://umsoplaneta-globo-com.translate.goog/biodiversidade/... -aponta-estudo.ghtml?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp [4] https://g1-globo-com.translate.goog/sp/santos-regiao/noticia... -no-novo-pac.ghtml?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp [5] https://g1-globo-com.translate.goog/sp/santos-regiao/noticia... -no-novo-pac.ghtml?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp