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December 15, 2020

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Accused of "Lethal Incompetence" over Lack of Vaccine Planning
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In Brazil, critics are accusing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of
"lethal incompetence" after his administration failed to prepare for a
mass vaccination program. Bolsonaro - who has called COVID-19 a "little
flu" and has used homophobic slurs to mock face masks - shunned Pfizer's
offer to sell its vaccine to Brazil and has pinned all his hopes on the
Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccine. Bolsonaro also rejected China's Sinovac
vaccine, which has been promoted by São Paulo's governor, who's seen as
a likely challenger to Bolsonaro's reelection campaign in 2022. 


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