'We failed': one scientist's despair as Brazil Covid-19 deaths hit 100,000

Natalia Pasternak has waged a tireless media campaign to counter Bolsonaro's chaotic, anti-science pandemic response

For months Natalia Pasternak has implored Brazilians to take science and coronavirus seriously, in a marathon of TV appearances, newspaper columns, live streams and podcasts.

I've given interviews at 2am," said the microbiologist and broadcaster who runs a civil society group called the Question of Science Institute.