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Social protection in times of Covid-19

ABSTRACT

The Covid-19 pandemic is a serious health emergency capable of creating critical social problems. For this reason, the article seeks to know the social protection available to the Brazilian population to face these problems. To do so, it reconstructs and analyzes the living conditions of the Brazilian population in connection with public policies in two periods: in the pre-pandemic and in the pandemic. There were regressive changes in living conditions that indicate a reduction in social protection and a decrease in social well-being for the majority of the population. It is concluded that the social protection of Brazilians has serious weaknesses and difficulties to face the pandemic; and the trends detected indicate that enormous sacrifices and high losses of human lives can be expected in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic.

KEYWORDS
Pandemics; Social protection in health; Social conditions; Health

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