Brazil s Bolsonaro On COVID-19: Stop Whining
WHO directors say Brazil experiences a ‘tragedy’ and needs to take pandemic very seriously. Brazil s President Jair Bolsonaro has drawn much criticism since he said people should stop whining about the new coronavirus pandemic.
The South American country sees the worst phase of the health crisis ever, with a significant and lasting increase in the number of cases and deaths and interrupted or problematic vaccination in several regions. We have to face our problems. Enough of bitching, of mimimi [whining], how long are we going to be crying for? Obviously [we should] respect the elderly, those who have diseases, Bolsonaro said, using a popular expression of disdain from Brazilian Portuguese to refer to meaningless complaints.
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Brazil is facing a spike in Covid-19 deaths and an overwhelmed health care system. A more contagious variant of the virus may be part of the problem. Photo / Dado Galdieri, The New York Times
Brazil is facing a spike in Covid-19 deaths and an overwhelmed health care system. A more contagious variant of the virus may be part of the problem. Photo / Dado Galdieri, The New York Times
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By: Manuela Andreoni, Ernesto Londoño and Letícia Casado