Mexico: Experts say the government could have saved 224,000 people if it had better managed the COVID-19 pandemic

The government of Mexico could have saved just over 224,000 lives if the coronavirus health crisis had been managed differently, according to the preliminary findings of a report by the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Coronavirus Pandemic. COVID-19composed of several experts.

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“Through mathematical analysis, it is estimated that at least 224,244 lives “They would have been saved if there had been a different management of the pandemic”, explained in a statement the organization made up of 17 Mexican scientists, researchers and professionals.

MexicoAccording to official data, it is the fifth country with the most deaths confirmed by COVID-19with more than 334 thousand, although experts estimate that the number of deaths could be much higher.

In this sense, the commission noted that the high number of deaths “is not entirely explained” by the situation of the health system, demographics or pre-existing health conditions in Mexican society, such as diabetes and obesity.

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It also noted that the government’s strategy to combat the pandemic included excessive personalization, rejection of deliberation and scientific evidence.

Likewise, he specified that government communication was affected by the minimization of the seriousness of the situation, the misleading use of data, the pseudoscientific justification of political decisions and the decision to manage society’s perception, “instead of managing” the health crisis to prevent infections and deaths as much as possible.”

Another conclusion was that the weaknesses of the health system were exacerbated due to “regressive” reforms and an erratic policy of underperformance and spending cuts, “which reduced its capacity to respond to the crisis”.

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Regarding the socioeconomic issue, they highlighted the lack of protection for popular sectors and vulnerable groups due to the lack of economic stimuli, the pronounced increase in family health expenditure, as well as the impact on mortality, orphanhood and life expectancy, which ended up affecting people with lower incomes more.

“The report we are preparing is vital, not only to understand what really happened with the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19but for what Mexico take the necessary measures to face new health emergencies in the future”, said Jaime Sepúlveda, president of the Independent Commission.

He emphasized that his purpose is to learn not to repeat this type of situation and to recover all possible lessons so that, when another health emergency occurs, the country does not again pay such a high cost in lives, health and well-being.

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Finally, the Commission appealed to society to pay attention to the health proposals of the candidates and the presidential candidate, especially on transparency and accountability in the management of the pandemic, its initiatives in response to the appeal “long greed”and his plans to strengthen the healthcare system.

Source: Elcomercio

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