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BRAZILIA – President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that he never called the new coronavirus “a bit sticky.” According to the president, “there is no video or audio” of him speaking that way. The statements were made during a live weekly on their social networks.
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– I said back there that, in my case, because of my athlete’s past – I did not generalize – if I caught Covid I would not feel almost anything. That’s what I said. So the media people, the mainstream media, saying I called the Covid issue a ‘little grip’. There is no video or audio of me speaking like that – he said.
On March 20 of this year, when giving an interview at the Planalto Palace, Bolsonaro affirmed that, after the stabbing he suffered in 2018, during the electoral campaign, it would not be a “small grip” that would knock him down.
“After the stab, it won’t be a little grip that will bring me down, okay? If the doctor or the Minister of Health recommends a reexamination, I will. Otherwise, I will behave like any of you here,” he stated Bolsonaro, after having undergone two tests to detect the coronavirus that were negative.
That same month, the president said in a statement on the national radio and television network that, if infected by the virus, “at most, he would suffer a cold or a cold”, due to his “history as an athlete.”
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The statements were made when commenting on a survey of four Brazilian universities that indicates that hospitalizations for Covid-19 are 34.3% lower among people who practice physical activity frequently. The study was carried out by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (RS), the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and the School of Physical Education and USP Sport.
– I never stopped playing sports, I was never sedentary, and she told me that if one day Covid came to me, I would not feel anything for the history of my athlete, and people left for fun, to a side that I underestimated. deaths, I was making fun of it – he said.
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The president said he “did not kick in” the Covid-19 treatments, but he studied and spoke to people about the issue. Then, explaining why he believes in the use of hydroxychloroquine against the new coronavirus, although there is no scientific proof of the substance in treating the disease, he said that it is a “simple” reasoning.
– If you have a bad X and also a Y, and you take a Z medicine for the bad X, and the bad Y is also cured. Can’t you conclude that this drug is for both of you? Simple – he said.
– They made fun of me, they called the captain of hydroxychloroquine, now they had no alternative. And another thing: hydroxychloroquine has always been used for more than 50 years. They even said, when I was affected, that I had an EKG … Lie! – said.
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When he became infected with Covid-19 in July, government sources said the president underwent EKG tests twice a day to monitor his heart rate. The evaluation of the functioning of the heart is a recommendation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC) for patients using hydroxychloroquine to treat the new coronavirus.
The president also said that “the question of the mask” will be the “last taboo to fall”, but did not explain what he meant by that.
– I will not say much because there will still be a serious study talking about the effectiveness of the mask, if it protects 100, 80, 90, 10, 4, 1% … This study will come. I think there is only … Last taboo to fall – he commented.
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Bolsonaro says he will not receive a vaccine
During the broadcast, the president said that he would not receive the vaccine against the new coronavirus and that he “is sure” that Congress will not “create difficulties for those who are not immunized.”
– I’m not going to ask Milton or Nadalim here if they are going to get a vaccine or not. I tell them: I will not drink. It’s my right. And I am sure that Parliament will not create difficulties for those who cannot receive the vaccine, he commented, adding:
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– Whoever does not receive the vaccine, if it is effective and long-lasting, harms himself and whoever receives the vaccine will not get it.
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Bolsonaro said he hopes the country that provides the vaccine to Brazil will also use it in its population. He said that getting vaccinated is a “personal decision”, since “no one yet knows the possible side effect of the virus.”
– Forcing citizens to get vaccinated, “now those who do not do so will not be able to get a passport, take care of the Banco do Brasil, travel by plane” … It is a dictatorship. Whoever defends this is a dictator, or a dictator to do business at the expense of others.
