Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Brazilian here: Given the insane number of venues and public events that he was attending or hosting I am actually surprised it took this far for him to get the virus.

Given how Bolsonaro was ignoring the pandemic, I believe that if we used contact tracing, we would probably find that Bolsonaro is the biggest single spreader of COVID-19 in Brazil.

There&#x27;s no possible way this is going to lead to a good discussion when any sensible person will say &quot;Hope he dies&quot; or similar, which is unfortunate because it&#x27;s such an interesting thing.<p>My only thought that has much public value is that the timing of the US President&#x27;s sudden and strange willingness to wear a mask after mocking them for so long looks suspicious under this light.

He will probably (according to mortality rates) survive, and prove himself right that he could shrug it off. If he doesn&#x27;t, it doesn&#x27;t matter that he was wrong, because he won&#x27;t be in a position to care.

It is news, but as other have noted it is not surprising given Bolsanaro&#x27;s public stance. Frankly, I am more surprised US upper echelon seems largely unscathed at the moment.

Reuters source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;us-health-coronavirus-brazil&#x2F;brazil-president-bolsonaro-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2481EK" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;us-health-coronavirus-brazil...</a>

I&#x27;m surprised he even got tested considering he called it the &quot;little flu&quot;

What would happen if Bolsanaro doesn&#x27;t survive? How does succession works in Brazil. Is the next person in line more or less rational than Bolsanaro. Also can it end up leading Brazil further to the right due to sympathy votes? Or will it make people realise his incompetence if something happens to him.

Not to be insensitive, but what&#x27;s the death rate for healthy individuals in his age range? Next to zero? Italy reported that 99% of those who died from Corona had other health issues.[1] In my county (county, not country) it was reported that 99.4% of our Covid cases have recovered, and that was just the cases that were tracked. Yes, the vulnerable should be taken care of, but legitimately asking - why is there still hysteria over this?<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2020-03-18&#x2F;99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2020-03-18&#x2F;99-of-tho...</a>