The minister warned about the impact of anti-vaccination speeches and underlined the importance of immunization
During a session of the Federal Court (STF) this Wednesday 6th, the minister Alexander of Moraes criticized the position of”government denialism” adopted during the covid-19 pandemichighlighting the impacts of this behavior on public health and the progress of vaccination in the country.
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Without directly mentioning names, Moraes referred to attitudes and statements that he said undermined adherence to vaccinations at a time when Brazil was facing one of the worst contagion and mortality scenarios in the world.
Moraes recalled statements that downplay the severity of the virus, such as classifying Covid-19 as a “little flu”, and recalled that the country has accumulated more than 700,000 deaths caused by the disease, being the second in absolute number of deaths in the world. world.
Moraes’ speech took place during the trial of a lawsuit against an Uberlândia (MG) law that prohibited compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 and prevented the imposition of restrictions on people who refused to be vaccinated.
«We are not talking, as some said at the time, about ‘little flu’. We are talking about a pandemic in which more than 700 thousand Brazilians have died,” the minister declared.
The legislation, approved in 2022, had been suspended by decision of Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, and the suspension has now been confirmed unanimously by the STF plenary.
Moraes also addressed how public statements against vaccination have affected vaccine uptake and promoted a misinformation landscape. He said anti-immunization speeches, such as those claiming the vaccine could “turn into an alligator” or insinuating conspiracy theories about potato chips and the Chinese flu, have contributed to vaccine hesitancy and declining coverage immunology in Brazil.
“All this, which seems ridiculous today, was done at the time so that people would not get vaccinated, and Brazil was slow in importing vaccines,” Moraes stressed.
Source: Terra
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