Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro surprised even his staunchest supporters this week with an explanatory roll against the COVID-19 vaccine, despite 7.1 million virus cases in the country and more than 185,000 deaths .
“I will not succeed [the vaccine]. Some say I’m setting a bad example. Hey, a hole, oh idiot, what do you say about the bad example, I already had the virus, I already have antibodies. Why should I get the vaccine again? “Bolsonaro said in a speech captured by the UOL news service to a crowd in Porto Seguro. Bolsonaro hired COVID-19 earlier this year.
Brazil has reported two cases of reinfection and scientists are unsure of the duration of the antibodies, according to the news site.
Bolsonaro then gave a blow to the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its vaccine. The company was exempted from liability in the event of vaccine side effects, which Bolsonaro rhetorically said could turn someone into an alligator and would not be responsible.
“And another thing that needs to be made very clear,” Bolsonaro charged. “There, in the Pfizer contract, it is very clear that we (Pfizer) are not responsible for any side effects. If you become an alligator, that’s your problem. … And what’s worse, it alters people’s immune systems. ”