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Natalia Pasternak - Question of Science Institute, Brazil

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Brazilian microbiologist Natalia Pasternak who has launched a crusade against her President in the name of science. But is she winning the argument?

The global Covid-19 pandemic has put a fierce spotlight on the relationship between scientists and policy makers. Leaders across the world have responded to the science with everything from respect to scepticism. Foremost amongst the sceptics, president Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, one of the countries hit hardest by the virus. Stephen Sackur speaks to the Brazilian microbiologist Natalia Pasternak who has launched a crusade against her President in the name of science. But is she winning the argument?

24 minutes

Last on

Sat 29 Aug 202004:30

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterStephen Sackur
Interviewed GuestNatalia Pasternak

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  • Thu 27 Aug 202004:30
  • Thu 27 Aug 202009:30
  • Thu 27 Aug 202015:30
  • Thu 27 Aug 202020:30
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  • Fri 28 Aug 202015:30
  • Fri 28 Aug 202020:30
  • Sat 29 Aug 202004:30