Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s ex-president forged his corona vaccination certificate
Jair Bolsonaro was voted out of office in Brazil in 2022, but the ex-president still appears in front of supporters today
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It should come as a surprise to very few people in Brazil: Former Prime Minister Jair Bolsonaro was probably not vaccinated against Corona. Although hundreds of thousands died, Bolsonaro always downplayed the pandemic.
The investigation concludes “that this is a fraud of the registration system for vaccinations against Covid-19”. Bolsonaro’s vaccination certificate was “fake”. Nevertheless, auditors recommended closing the investigation “for lack of sufficient evidence.” Accordingly, numerous people could have carried out the forgery.
700,000 Covid deaths in Brazil
Last year, Brazil’s federal police said they had uncovered a fraud system in which a Bolsonaro confidant, with the help of a network in the healthcare system and the government, had obtained fake vaccination certificates for, among others, the ex-president and his daughter.
As president, Bolsonaro attracted a lot of criticism for his handling of the corona pandemic. He had repeatedly tried to downplay the dangers of the corona pandemic, which caused more than 700,000 deaths in Brazil. Back then, Bolsonaro had also stated that he had not been vaccinated against the coronavirus.