Second, the importance of primary care in a good health care system. Patients with at least one comorbidity have higher odds of being hospitalized and being in ICUs. Also, individuals with chronic health conditions are more likely to develop a more severe form of the disease requiring ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and more resources. Hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes are the most common comorbidities in patients who died from COVID-19.5 Consequently, the mortality rate (6.4%) of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil, within 52 days from the beginning of COVID-19 in every country, is around twice that of other countries, like Germany and Canada (3.0% and 4.1%, respectively), where the primary health care system is more effective in providing primary care.6, 7, 8 Thus, countries that have greater control over chronic health conditions may consequently have a lower mortality rate, with a population in better health being an important benefit in pandemic situations like the one we are witnessing with COVID-19.