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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro launched a vehement attack on COVID-19 vaccines, not hesitating to assure that the Pfizer vaccine could turn vaccinated people into “bearded women” or “crocodiles,” AFP reported on Friday.
“The Pfizer contract states very clearly: ‘We are not responsible for any side effects.’ If you become a crocodile, it is your problem, “the Brazilian head of state said Thursday during a speech in the city of Porto Seguro.” If you become a superman, if a woman begins to grow a beard or if a man begins to speak with an effeminate voice, they (the laboratories) have nothing to do with it, “added the far-right leader in a challenging tone.
Bolsonaro referred to the vaccine developed at the American company Pfizer in collaboration with the German company BioNTech, a vaccine that has been tested in Brazil for several weeks and has already been used to launch the immunization campaign for the population of the United Kingdom or the United States.
On Thursday, despite the reluctance of the Brazilian president, the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that vaccination against COVID-19 is mandatory, but “not forced”, in one of the worst countries in the world, after the United States, with nearly 185,000 deaths from COVID. -19.
This means that the authorities will not be able to use force to force a person to be vaccinated, but they can fine them or prohibit them from going to some public places.
“Once the vaccine is certified by (the regulatory agency in the field) Anvisa, it will be accessible to all who want it. But I’m not going to get vaccinated,” insisted Jair Bolsonaro from Porto Seguro. “Some say they give a bad But to the idiots, to the idiots who say that, I answer that I have already been contaminated with this virus, I have antibodies, and then why should I be vaccinated? “, He continued to ignore the cases of recontamination that occurred in the world, even in Brazil.
The Brazilian president was infected with the new type of coronavirus in July and recovered after about twenty days without serious symptoms.
Brazil, a continental-sized country with 212 million inhabitants, is facing an extremely strong second wave of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, Brazil registered 70,574 new cases of COVID-19 in one day, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic, and almost 1,000 deaths in 24 hours, for the first time since September 30.
Vaccination promises to be chaotic in Brazil, with a late national immunization plan criticized by all parties and the deterrent effect of President Bolsonaro’s claims.
Publisher: Liviu Cojan
