RESUMEN
The objective of this paper is to critically analyze lair Bolsonaro's political leadership in relation to the coordination of actions of other federative entities during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), based on the directions of Van Dijk's critical discourse analysis. We used the notes of the audiovisual materiality method to work with 15 videos published on the YouTube platform in the official President's channel. Data were analyzed following the guidelines developed by Van Dijk. The results suggest that the presidential leadership in coordinating subnational federative entities was an antithesis of what is prescribed in the literature on public leadership. Bolsonaro positioned himself aggressively, constituting a discursive scenario of war against other political leaders of the nation. His posture can be associated with the figure of an anti-leader, an agent who seeks the disaggregation and lack of coordination of actors in favor of his own conceptions.
RESUMEN
The world is facing a pandemic of unseen proportions caused by a corona virus named SARS-CoV-2 with unprecedent worldwide measures being taken to tackle its contagion. Person-to-person transmission is accepted but WHO only considers aerosol transmission when procedures or support treatments that produce aerosol are performed. Transmission mechanisms are not fully understood and there is evidence for an airborne route to be considered, as the virus remains viable in aerosols for at least 3 h and that mask usage was the best intervention to prevent infection. Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems (HVAC) are used as a primary infection disease control measure. However, if not correctly used, they may contribute to the transmission/spreading of airborne diseases as proposed in the past for SARS. The authors believe that airborne transmission is possible and that HVAC systems when not adequately used may contribute to the transmission of the virus, as suggested by descriptions from Japan, Germany, and the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship. Previous SARS outbreaks reported at Amoy Gardens, Emergency Rooms and Hotels, also suggested an airborne transmission. Further studies are warranted to confirm our hypotheses but the assumption of such way of transmission would cause a major shift in measures recommended to prevent infection such as the disseminated use of masks and structural changes to hospital and other facilities with HVAC systems.