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Brazilians defy lockdown, spurred by “Bolsonarismo” – the Brazilian president’s war against political correctness

April 30, 2020
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Brazilians defy lockdown, spurred by “Bolsonarismo” – the Brazilian president’s war against political correctness

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Throughout the course of the pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has downplayed the threat posed by COVID-19, which continues to sweep across the Latin American nation of around 210 million people. 

In a public statement released in late March, Bolsonaro said that normalcy had to continue. “Our lives have to go on. Jobs must be kept.” He continued to call coronavirus “a little flu” and said his history as an athlete would protect him. 

A spotlight has been shone on Brazil as the next coronavirus hotspot which has recorded more than 87,000 cases of the coronavirus. 

Now Bolsonaro has sparked greater public fury. 

When asked about the country’s death toll, which now tops 6,000, the president responded, “so what?” 

Bolsonaro went on to say, “I’m sorry, what do you want me to do?” and “I am called Messias, [a reference to his surname, Messias, which means “Messiah” in Portuguese] but I can’t perform miracles.”

Public criticism 

Anger swept across the country and social media outlets. Estado de Minas, a Brazilian newspaper, placed the president’s words on a black front page next to the nation’s death toll.

Left-wing political opponent Marcelo Freixo took to Twitter where he stated, “Bolsonaro isn’t just an awful politician and a bad president, he’s a despicable human being.” 

Que cristão é esse que fala em Messias para debochar da dor de milhares de famílias destruídas? Que patriota é esse que faz chacota com a morte de seus concidadãos? Bolsonaro não é só um mau político e um presidente ruim, ele é um ser humano desprezível.

— Marcelo Freixo (@MarceloFreixo) April 29, 2020

Redfish, a German media company, included the president’s words in a tweet that included drone footage capturing a mass graveyard where some of the reported 6,000 people who have died were set to be buried.

"So what?"

Those were the words of Brazil's far-right president Bolsonaro when asked about the record daily COVID-19 deaths.

As the coronavirus death toll in Brazil rises, here is drone footage of some of the mass graves dug for the 5,000+ people who lost their lives so far. pic.twitter.com/2AEDCow6CE

— redfish (@redfishstream) April 30, 2020

#ForaBolsonaroUrgente, which calls for the urgent removal of the president, was also trending on Twitter.

“Bolsonarismo”

However, some agree with the president’s statements that the pandemic isn’t worth panicking about. This sentiment is especially prevalent among the wealthy, leading to the undermining of quarantine and lockdown regulations. 

After recovering from COVID-19, personal trainer Gabriela Pugliesi posted a video during a party she threw at her São Paulo apartment. With not a mask in sight, Pugliesi yelled into the camera, “Screw life!”

After losing more than 100,000 followers and her sponsors, Pugliesi apologized and suspended her Instagram account. 

It is said that Brazil is still weeks away from reaching the peak of the viral curve.

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