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The latest miracle drug that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wants to use to fight the Covid pandemic is a nasal spray. He promised again last week in an interview with supporters at his Brasilia residence that he would send a delegation to Israel, where the substance under the scientific name EXO-CD24 would be tested. His opponents “would surely demonize that again,” he predicted.
This is always the case when the president is asked about the virus that once again devastates his country like a tsunami: he presents a drug that supposedly fights the epidemic before it breaks out. He relentlessly praised chloroquine, an antimalarial drug, which studies have found does not help against Covid-19 and can have dangerous side effects. A remedy that is used against worms and lice can also be found in Doctor Bolsonaro’s collection of recipes.
On the other hand, he vehemently rejects the only measures that experts believe will really help against the epidemic: a blanket requirement for a mask and a radical lockdown. The masks caused headaches and lack of concentration in children, and also damaged the feelings of happiness of the little ones, he assured me, vaguely referring to a “university in Germany.” And in regards to the shutdown, he once said, “That will lead to the failure of our economy.”
