On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we're discussing the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil and its impact on poor and marginalized communities. So far, more than 81,000 people have tested positive and at least 6,000 have died.
Later in the show, we’ll discuss a Miami Herald investigation about the spread of COVID-19 on cruise ships. More than 2,500 people have tested positive for COVID-19 during or directly after a cruise and least 65 people have died.
Guests:
Taylor Dolven, award winning business journalist who covers the tourism industry at the Miami Herald
Jill Langlois, independent journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil
Web resources:
National Geographic: Brazil’s vulnerable domestic workers cannot afford to get sick
AP: Brazil leaves its many poor hanging amid coronavirus surge
Miami Herald: COVID CRUISES: Cruise ships sailed on despite the coronavirus. Thousands of people paid the price
Buzzfeed: “So What?” How Brazil’s President’s Responded To The Record Daily Increase In Coronavirus Deaths
