There are millions of hours of unnecessary suffering, in the richest city in Brazil
Summary
The text describes the situation in São Paulo, regarding dengue, mentioning failures in prevention by Ricardo Nunes’ administration, such as mosquito traps and the high cost of repellents, as well as low investments in health surveillance.
I’ve spent the last four days frozen, baked, sleepless, stupid, sweaty, paralyzed, in pain, with diarrhea. I’ve gotten a little better, I came here to vomit my discomfort. And there’s more.
How did I get it? At my house we have nets on all the windows, we put salt on the plants, etc. We are fanatics of repellents, because our son contracted dengue years ago and the second is in danger of having a hemorrhage.
A normal tube of repellent costs R$ 35 reais, 100 ml. The best master, R$ 182.00. Both are inaccessible to most Brazilian families. It should be distributed free of charge in the SUS (along with these electrical sockets, mosquito nets, nets, etc.). But federal and state governments are doing a mediocre job with dengue, to say the least.
Aren’t you tired of knowing that there is something called global warming, and that the hotter it gets, the more Aedes increases? Couldn’t we have planned for this predictable dengue outbreak in 2024? The temperature will continue to rise, year after year. Apart from the soap opera about vaccines.
I recommend investing in a hardcore repellent, if you can afford it, and crossing your fingers or praying for protection from your favorite deity. Dengue is horrible. I don’t settle into any position. I haven’t been able to work at all these days, luckily I’m not an Uber or a bat, imagine how many people are sick and without income right now.
But despite all the lethal ineffectiveness of the federal government, I paid my dengue fever directly into the account of the mayor of São Paulo, Ricardo Nunes. For three reasons.
First of all because there is a small square twenty meters from my house. It has been abandoned for centuries, long grass, garbage, many dengue epidemics. The responsibility lies with the Municipality.
What’s it like to closely monitor constructions popping up all over São Paulo? A tacky skyscraper called Eleva Harmonia is going up on my street. One of our neighbors managed to take some photos on the siding. Many dengue epidemics. We complained to the construction company, You Inc. Kind response, zero action. Ditto in the subprefecture.
If the esculhambo is this size in Vila Madalena, imagine it on the outskirts, where most of São Paulo’s residents live. When the environment we live in is not properly cared for and controlled by the municipality, there is no net or repellent to protect you.
This is why 49 people have died of dengue fever in Sao Paulo this year. Nearly 150,000 cases have already been reported. Official numbers, real ones should be higher. There are millions of hours of unnecessary suffering, in the richest city in Brazil.
São Paulo has a huge budget. It has been widely used in no-bid jobs, generally carried out by very suspicious construction companies.
Second reason why I put my dengue fever on the mayor’s account: he signed a 19 million real contract with a company owned by a guy who is the director of an association chaired by himself, Nunes. It’s about providing mosquito traps. The contract includes a surcharge: each trap costs R$400, while if purchased from Fiocruz it would cost R$10.
And the traps, without maintenance, became fertile ground for Aedes. Seriously, that’s R$19 million in public money for Nunes’ brother, and the result is an increase in dengue fever in the city. All explained in this relationship of the public body.
Finally: During his tenure, Nunes allocated on average 40% fewer resources than the Haddad administration for health surveillance, including mosquito control. Classic Bozonoid style in dealing with health crises, only Pazuello was missing.
Result: In most states, including São Paulo, dengue is stable. Many people will continue to suffer, suffer and die, but the peak seems to have been passed. In the city of Sao Paulo the number of cases continues to grow.
I really don’t know what to do except vent my anger here and try to defeat this murderous bandit in the next elections in October. And I hope, with such malice in my heart, that Ricardo Nunes still goes through what I’m going through.
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André Forastieri is a journalist and entrepreneur, founder of Homework and the content and connections agency Compasso, as well as a mentor to professionals and executives. Find out more aboutandreforastieri.com.br
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