A pandemia do SARS-CoV-2, conhecido como novo coronavírus, é uma das maiores crises sanitárias da história. Alguns governos, caracterizados como populistas de extrema direita, adotaram discursos e políticas públicas em prol de um kit de medicamentos que supostamente retardariam a piora clínica de pacientes infectados com o vírus. Este artigo combina análises do âmbito da farmacologia, virologia e ciências humanas para ressaltar a ausência de comprovação científica da eficácia desses medicamentos e as interpretações para o comportamento destas lideranças, notadamente Bolsonaro e Trump, bem como alguns indícios de que esta forma de politização do combate à pandemia implica, direta ou indiretamente, no descumprimento de medidas protetivas e aumento do número de casos de infecção e mortes pela COVID-19.SARS-CoV-2: pandemic, extreme right-wing populist scientific negationism and the offlabel use of medicinesAbstractThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, known as the new coronavirus, is one of the biggest health crisis in history. Some governments characterized as far-right populists, have adopted speeches and public policies in favor of a drug kit that is supposed to slow the clinical worsening of patients infected with the virus. This article combined analyses from the scope of pharmacology, virology and human sciences to highlight the lack of scientific proof for these drugs effectiveness and the interpretations for these leaders behavior, notably Bolsonaro and Trump, as well as some evidence that this kind of politicization in combating the pandemic implies, directly or indirectly, failure to comply with protective measures and an increase in the number of infection cases and deaths by COVID-19.Keywords: Coronavirus. Populism. Negationism. Hydroxychloroquine. Ivermectin
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