It was the beginning of 2021, and Manaus, in the heart of the world's largest rainforest, saw a significant portion of its population die of asphyxiation at home or in overcrowded hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Five years later, the trauma of the oxygen crisis still resonates in the face of the failures of the Brazilian state, as Agência Pública reported at the time. The oxygen crisis in Amazonas was a watershed moment in the Brazilian …
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It was the beginning of 2021, and Manaus, in the heart of the world's largest rainforest, saw a significant portion of its population die of asphyxiation at home or in overcrowded hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Five years later, the trauma of the oxygen crisis still resonates in the face of the failures of the Brazilian state, as Agência Pública reported at the time. The oxygen crisis in Amazonas was a watershed moment in the Brazilian …