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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.
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“The Pfizer contract clearly says, ‘We are not responsible for any side effects.’ If you turn into a crocodile, that’s your problem. If you turn into Superman, if a woman starts growing a beard, or if a man starts speaking, with an effeminate voice, they (the laboratories) have nothing to do with it, ”he said provocatively during a speech in the city of Porto Seguro.
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 on the matter) Anvisa, it will be accessible to all who want it. But I will not get vaccinated,” insisted Jair Bolsonaro from Porto Seguro. “Some say that they set a bad example. But to the idiots, to the idiots who say that, I tell them that I have already caught this virus, I have antibodies, and then why should I be vaccinated?”, He continued to ignore the cases of recontamination that took place all over the world, including 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.
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