An invisible patient: COVID-19’s third wave
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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Nadua Apostólico and Ms. Marina Catharino Rodrigues, two medical students at Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil. They are affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the topic, nor The European Sting’s one.
The disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, popularized as COVID 19, has disrupted health care systems around the world, causing a worldwide socioeconomic crisis, affecting all aspects of human life. Margaret Harris, spokesman for the World Health Organization, when asked about the re-acceleration of the pandemic in places where the contagion curve was regressing, on July 28, 2020, categorically replied “at the moment—first, second, third wave—these things don’t really make sense and we’re not really defining it that way.”.