O fenômeno do negacionismo científico no Brasil pandêmico

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic generated a crisis in scientific facts interpretation due to wide spread of false information about the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Faced with this phenomenon, this study proposes a reflection on scientific denialism increase in Brazil during the Covid19 pandemic, and its relationship with the need to develop a public understanding of science in society. A survey was conducted in Brazilian main databases, Scielo and CAPES Journal Portal, in the years 2021 and 2022. 21 articles related to research topic were selected. This is an explanatory research that proposes a reflection on scientific denialism phenomenon in the context of Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. Still, we sought to identify and explain factors that affect the phenomenon of denialism in the Brazilian context in the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking the established theoretical framework and the current context as a reference, the factors that affect the phenomenon of scientific denialism are associated with the absence of a scientific culture and are the result of historical failures in formal education and more recent to the Infodemic Era. Therefore, in view of the weakening of institutions, especially scientific ones, the public communication of science appears as an alternative for science to be understood as an essential collective heritage for social well-being, when used for the benefit of society. Science dissemination actions are inserted as protagonists alongside formal education to form scientifically literate citizens in the establishment of a scientific culture and, consequently, a more positive attitude towards science.