With the United States now pursuing a science-based strategy to fight the pandemic, the remaining heads of state who refuse to listen to experts, like Jair Bolsonaro, are far more in the international spotlight. Brazil's president can no longer swim in Trump's slipstream. 🧵👇
The pandemic in Brazil is worsening and specialists expect an unprecedented number of daily covid-19 fatalities in the coming weeks. Bolsonaro continues to speak out against masks or social distancing measures & defends bogus medicines. Brazil's int'l reputation is in free fall.
After Bolsonaro relished in becoming the world's leading environmental villain, he is also happy to assume an almost cartoonish villain status as he actively obstructs governors' and mayors' attempts to convince the population to take the virus seriously.
Most astonishingly though, Bolsonaro may very well get away with his denialist strategy and win reelection in 2022, perhaps even comfortably - an event which would effectively give the president a carte blanche to pursue far more radical policies than during the first four years
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