Bolsonaro: COVID Vaccine Should Not Be Mandatory

The New York Daily News reports:

The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is once again making headlines for his handling of the coronavirus crisis.  “No one can force anyone to get a vaccine,” Bolsonaro told a supporter on Monday, according to the Brazilian news site UOL.

The far-right leader of South America’s largest country was responding to a woman who told him that he “shouldn’t let the government do this vaccination thing” because it would be “dangerous.” Bolsonaro reiterated his anti-vaxxer position during a live broadcast on Facebook.

Brazil’s Bolsonaro under fire for not pushing mandatory coronavirus vaccine https://t.co/mjYFhJIvZx pic.twitter.com/19Ap9FUuBX

— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) September 5, 2020

The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, a 65-year-old former army captain, says no one can be forced to get a vaccine.

“There is no way for the government — unless we live in a dictatorship — to force everyone to get vaccinated,” he said.https://t.co/rGgcQxAurH

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 5, 2020