Bolsonaro has COVID-19. And the political use of his disease experience already is showing some impacts. When announcing his test results, Bolsonaro doubled down on every talking point he has used since the start of the pandemic: promoting hydroxychloroquine, a drug with no proven efficacy against Covid-19, advising against social isolation and blaming the economic crisis on state governors who enacted quarantines._______________________The Brazilian Report is an independent media outlet uniquely positioned to offer an insider’s view on current affairs in Brazil.
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