> “I’m sorry, some people will die, they will die, that’s life,” Bolsonaro said in a television interview on Friday night. “You can’t stop a car factory because of traffic deaths.”[1]
> Bolsonaro has compared the new coronavirus to a "little flu," condemned the reaction to it as "hysteria," and said Brazilians' immune systems are so strong they can swim in raw sewage and "don't catch a thing."[2]
> He has called the virus a “measly cold.” “Some will die” from it, he said, because “such is life.” [3]
> ..more than 20 members of Bolsonaro’s U.S. delegation have tested positive for the coronavirus. Bolsonaro ignored his own health ministry’s advice to self-isolate for a couple of weeks and to discourage large gatherings. He made a defiant show of shaking hands and taking selfies at a rally that attracted hundreds of his supporters. [4]
> "We're all going to die one day"[0]
> “I’m sorry, some people will die, they will die, that’s life,” Bolsonaro said in a television interview on Friday night. “You can’t stop a car factory because of traffic deaths.”[1]
> Bolsonaro has compared the new coronavirus to a "little flu," condemned the reaction to it as "hysteria," and said Brazilians' immune systems are so strong they can swim in raw sewage and "don't catch a thing."[2]
> He has called the virus a “measly cold.” “Some will die” from it, he said, because “such is life.” [3]
> ..more than 20 members of Bolsonaro’s U.S. delegation have tested positive for the coronavirus. Bolsonaro ignored his own health ministry’s advice to self-isolate for a couple of weeks and to discourage large gatherings. He made a defiant show of shaking hands and taking selfies at a rally that attracted hundreds of his supporters. [4]
[0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/brazils-bolsonaro-downplay...
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/27/world/americas/27...
[2] https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/bolsonaro-takes-down-virus-sh...
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/americas/brazil-bol...
[4] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/bolsona...