Bolsonaro's Chief of Staff Admits the Brazilian President's COVID Position Is BS on Hot Mic

Published Apr 28 2021 at 6:13 AM GMT

Key
Points

EVARISTO SAThe Brazilian president"s chief of staff didn't realize his comments were being live-streamed on Tuesday when he dismissed his boss" approach to the virus and said he feared for the life of Jair Bolsonaro because he hasn't yet been vaccinated.
"I am involved, personally,' said government minister and chief-of-staff to the president Luiz Eduardo Ramos at a recorded meeting for Brazil's Supplementary Health Council.
In the live-stream, which was shared by Brazilian radio station CBN, Ramos said that he had been desperately 'trying to convince our president, regardless of [his] positions," to take the vaccine.
We cannot lose the president to such a virus.
He is 65 years old", he said of Bolsonaro, who tested positive for the virus in July of last year.