Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus. ( 'Karma's a Bitch )

For so long, Jair Bolsonaro has tried to brush off this virus - the irony that he has now caught it has not been missed in Brazil.
 His detractors - of which he has many - have weighed in, calling this karma - that Jair Bolsonaro invited this to happen. There was even a column in one of the biggest newspapers, Folha de São Paulo, entitled "Why I'm Cheering for Bolsonaro to Die" - this is how divided, how toxic the political picture is here in Brazil as the pandemic takes hold. But the fact is, Bolsonaro joins the nearly 1.7 million Brazilians who've contracted Covid-19. They're scary numbers and Brazil is a country in trouble, where coronavirus is spreading fast. Will Jair Bolsonaro get away with mild symptoms and carry on downplaying it? Or change tack now the virus has hit home? Whatever happens, with the man at the top suffering from Covid-19, it symbolises the crisis this country is in.
 By Katy Watson

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