‘Medications should be prescribed by doctors, not the president’: leading Brazilian scientist discusses the pandemic

‘Medications should be prescribed by doctors, not the president’: leading Brazilian scientist discusses the pandemic

‘Medications should be prescribed by doctors’

With the world’s third-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, Brazil is in turmoil: the country has seen two health ministers depart within the past two months, and its leadership is promoting unproven treatments. Physicist Luiz Davidovich, president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, spoke to Nature about how organizations such as his are working hard to counter anti-science rhetoric. “Medications should be prescribed by medical doctors, not by the president of Brazil,” says Davidovich.
Nature | 5 min read