Brazil’s highest court opens investigation into President Bolsonaro’s false claim that Covid vaccination increases the risk of AIDS
Bolsonaro made the dishonest statements in a video that went live on multiple social media platforms in October. He was temporarily suspended from both Facebook and YouTube following the comments.
Bolsonaro has been widely criticized at home and abroad for downplaying the severity of the virus, including by discouraging people from getting vaccinated, even though Brazil is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks ever. best in the world.
The congressional committee had access to documents showing the government ignored at least 81 vaccine proposals from Pfizer in 2020.
According to the United Nations Joint Program on HIV and AIDS, the Covid-19 vaccine that has been approved by health regulators is safe for most people, including people living with HIV, The virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is called AIDS.
Bolsonaro is the only G20 President to announce that he is not vaccinated. Even so, and Brazil’s delay in its vaccination program, 60 percent of the country’s population has been fully vaccinated, according to Brazil’s Ministry of Health.
Brazil recorded 221 Covid-19-related deaths on Friday, according to the Health Ministry. The country has recorded 615,400 deaths from Covid since the pandemic began.
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