ABSTRACT
By studying a phenomenon that affects the population of several continents, we care for people collectively. The pandemic that plagues humanity is barely known. Seeking to understand it, other collectives appear in the discourse: a collective of thought, agglomeration, network, testing, ICU, herd, convoy. By analyzing these collectives, we seek to elucidate controversies; in the formulation of innovative health policies, we resort to our own texts that analyze previous epidemics. Due to the limited knowledge of the natural history of covid-19, “non-pharmacological procedures” associated with people’s behavior are relevant. As if the rigor of the virus’ epidemic invasion was enough, we also suffered an unprecedented lexical invasion: flattening of curve, social distancing and breathing etiquette. The main controversies: the chloroquine dispute, with populists in action and the mistaken use of herd immunity as a goal to achieve, and millions of deaths.
KEYWORDS:
Pandemic; Covid-19; Herd immunity; Chloroquine; Social networks