Luiz Teixeira

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Luiz Antonio Teixeira is a professor of public health at the Instituto Fernandes Figueira—Fiocruz and Estacio de Sá University and professor of the history of science at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz—Fiocruz. Since 2015, he has coordinated the project “History of Cancer.” His most recent research is focused on the medicalization of childbirth.

Health and Wellness

To Let Die: COVID-19 and the Banalization of Evil

By Luiz Teixeira, and Luis Alves • July 14, 2020

The course of the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a disturbing paradox as to how we deal with the disease. The two countries with the highest incidence and mortality statistics – the United States and Brazil – are the same places where there are large groups mobilizing against social distancing, mainly because of the actions of the… Read more →