The Pandemic Scenario in Brazil: the fight for life and the dismantling of public policies

Abstract

The pandemic caused by the coronavirus has opened up the many social vulnerabilities that already existed, such as hunger, unemployment, lack of access to technological resources and domestic violence. Students were affected by unprepared remote public education, and the public health crisis expanded with the lack of inputs, beds, and exposure of health and other professionals to danger. Several lives were lost during this event and many questions were asked. In this scenario, the mental health of people facing isolation, social distancing and quarantine was shaken and many people became ill in their homes. In addition, the professionals who put themselves at risk found themselves in a struggle for people's lives and the well-being of their families, also demanding psychological care. The promotion of health, taking care as one of its fundamentals has become one of the tools for caring for others and self-care, even in their homes. Thus, this pandemic period has become a time of reinventions, but it has accentuated the social ills and precariousness of Brazil's public health system, demonstrating that the inapplicability of existing public policies is maintained and that even in this time of public calamity, the dismantling of public systems and services has expanded.