The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro compared Vaccine Passports to dog leashes in the midst of his administration waging war to prevent the discriminatory measure from being set as a mandate on a federal level in Brazil. The former military officer told the media at Palácio do Planalto, Brasília on Tuesday that he’d choose to “rather die” than lose his freedom.
“We asked [the health regulator], why the health passport? What is that leash that they want to put on the Brazilian people? Where is our freedom? I would rather die than lose my freedom,” Bolsonaro said.
“Sometimes it is better to lose your life than to lose your freedom,” Queiroga added.
The national health regulator Anvisa has recommended foreign travelers get vaccinated and submit proof of vaccination at airports, with the Brazilian Supreme Court ruling that the government must finalize its position this week.
Should the results turn out to be negative, even the unvaccinated travelers can “take advantage of our great Brazil,” Queiroga said.
So far, Brazilian immigration authorities only have a need to be shown a negative PCR test to enter the country with no quarantine requirements.
João Doria, the Governor is openly insisting that foreign travelers who are arriving into the state’s airports will be mandated to show proof of vaccination from December 15 onwards.
“Brazil cannot become a tourist paradise for deniers. The denial of this country only exists in the minds of this minister [of health] and the president,” Doria said in response to the Bolsonaro administration’s rejection of vaccine passports.
“If by December 15 the federal government does not adopt the passport, São Paulo will adopt it,” he added.
This wasn’t Bolsonaro the first run-in with Doria, last year the president labelled the governor as a “lunatic” over defending the idea of a mandatory vaccine.
“Whoever defends that is a dictator, or a false dictator that is willing to do business with the lives of others.”
“I decided not to take the vaccine anymore. I’m seeing new studies … I already have the highest immunization. I am going to get the vaccine for what?” he asked.
“It would be the same thing as playing $10 in the lottery to win $2. It doesn’t make sense.”
In September 2021, Bolsonaro was photographed eating pizza while standing on a sidewalk in New York City where a vaccination card is required to eat indoor. He was in town for the UN General Assembly.
Vaccine Passports are not that effective in reducing COVID-19 infection rates, concludes experts in Spain. The study found that vaccine passports have made people fearful and compliant rather than reducing the spread of COVID-19.
Meanwhile, Melissa Ciummei, an Irish independent financial investor, believes that COVID Vaccine Passports will ultimately control your life right up to the point where a global social credit system is in place.
Recently, in a groundbreaking judgement the Belgian court declared COVID vaccine passport scheme straight out illegal and threatened to fine 5,000 euros per day to the regional government that insisted and imposed it.
Earlier, the French Senate rejacted a socialist senator’s proposal to make the COVID experimental vaccine mandatory for all citizens living in France. Non-compliance would trigger a fine of 135 euro (about $150 USD), and 1,500 euro for re-offenders.