Global statistics indicate the poor job the British government did in containing the pandemic 12 Mar 2021 The Independent If you’re the sort of person who has been looking at the news beyond the latest royal rumpus, you may have noticed that something frightening is happening in Brazil. The Independent, in fact, published its leader on that very subject. Brazil is suffering the consequences of getting lumbered with a hard right wing populist harpy as President, one who has turned Covid denialism into national policy. Jair Bolsanaro has behaved less like a national leader than he has a Covidiot Twitter troll, pooh-poohing masks, downplaying the virus, even telling people to stop moaning about the virus.