'It's my right': Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro will not take COVID vaccine

While Coronavirus crisis continues to loom large, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on vember 26 said that he would 't take' a COVID vaccine. Brazil has over six million cases of coronavirus and dely virus has claimed more than 1,70,000 deaths in country. Even with surging cases, Bolsonaro has played down seriousness of pandemic and has also expressed scepticism over wearing a mask.

In a televised speech on Thursday, Bolsonaro said, “I am telling you, I’m t going to take it (COVID vaccine). It’s my right”. 

Brazilian President also expressed scepticism over effectiveness of wearing a mask and ded that re was little conclusive evidence of effectiveness of face coverings in stemming transmission of virus. 

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Bolsonaro says stop being a ‘country of fags’ 

Brazilian President has repeatedly said that people will t be required to be vaccinated when a coronavirus vaccine becomes available. Earlier this month, Bolsonaro also received widespre backlash for a new set of ‘derogatory’ homophobic remarks as he urged people to t deal with COVID-19 pandemic like "a country of fags”. far-right leer, who h earlier termed vel coronavirus infection as a “little flu” before being diagsed with COVID-19 said that se days everyone keeps talking about global health crisis.

Ackwledging that he ‘regrets’ deaths that have been caused by vel virus, Bolsonaro went on to say that everybody is eventually going to die and thus, Brazil has to stop being country of “fags”. He urged people to face health crisis and put up a fight and said, “I hate this faggot stuff.” controversial statements came after Bolsonaro previously deunced “hysteria” around pandemic. 

All anyone talks about se days is pandemic. We need to stop that,” said Bolsonaro during speech, which was seemingly on tourism”.

“I regret deaths. I really do. But we're all going to die someday. re's use fleeing reality. We have to stop being a country of fags...We have to face up to it and fight. I hate this faggot stuff.”

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