Brazilian Federal Police Call For Charging Bolsonaro After He Falsely Links COVID Vax To Developing AIDS

The Guardian reports:

Brazilian federal police have called for President Jair Bolsonaro to be charged with spreading fake information about a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 680,000 of his citizens, including bogus claims of a link between AIDS and COVID vaccines.

Bolsonaro’s anti-scientific response to a disease he called “a bit of a cold” has been internationally condemned and the subject of a congressional inquiry in which the far-right populist was accused of deliberately delaying vaccine purchases and promoting quack “cures” such as hydroxychloroquine.

Bolsonaro falsely claimed face masks had been responsible for many of the deaths during the 1918 influenza pandemic. In the same live broadcast Bolsonaro falsely claimed government studies in the UK suggested fully vaccinated people were developing AIDS “much faster than expected”.

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“Bolsonaro has yet to comment on the reports but showed signs of stress on Thursday when he was filmed setting upon a protester who called him a cowardly scumbag” https://t.co/sOxsM7KleT

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