So far, the pandemic has claimed nearly 185,000 lives in Brazil. In particular the indigenous minority in the Amazon region has been left very vulnerable. A precarious public health support has aggravated this situation. The troubling story of a population facing multiple threats at the same time.
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When on September 25, while the virus was about to claim its one millionth victim, the WHO stated that it was “not impossible’’ the global death toll could reach 2 million people by mid-2021, that sounded unusually daring. But was it really? We compared a few early and recent predictions.
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The Netherlands saw a surge of new corona infections in September, At the same Italy received wide acclaim for its handling of the pandemic. A comparison between the 2 countries triggers several questions. Does the Netherlands underreport its death toll? Is the threshold for hospital admission lower in Italy?
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There are those countries deliberately doctoring their COVID-19 data to look better. Other countries had to revise their figures because of unintentional, administrative mistakes. And then there is Belgium.
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Ever since the first references to a new viral disease, governments have leaned on the technology sector and specifically artificial intelligence (AI) to track and fight the pandemic. How hopeful the preliminary results may be, AI is not the sole solution to COVID-19.
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