Brazil is no longer reporting COVID19 numbers according to news media. It makes sense, there is no need to whip up hysteria. While the virus is serious, it turns out to not be anywhere near as lethal as was first thought. Countries don't give daily press briefings about influenza and nor should they COVID19. If every death or serious illness led the news cycle, there would be panic.
And why the reporting of raw numbers of those infected and those that have died? As a proportion of world population the numbers are actually quite small. When looked at as a raw number the number of deaths look scary. But as a proportion of the world population, the numbers would look inconsequential.
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