Brazil: Bolsonaro's fake statements on COVID-19 | Statista

During the second quarter of 2022, Brazil's president Jair Messias Bolsonaro made 113 statements about COVID-19 containing information that the source deemed fake or distorted. In the first quarter of that year, the figure amounted to 110. Bolsonaro was sworn in as president on January 1, 2019.

Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to August 2022, by month

Characteristic	Number of fake or distorted statements
Aug. 22	42
Jul. 22	37
Jun. 22	39
May 22	34
Apr. 22	40
Mar. 22	29
Feb. 22	46
Jan. 22	35
Dec. 21	53
Nov. 21	40
Oct. 21	98
Sep. 21	86
Aug. 21	92
Jul. 21	153
Jun. 21	138
May 21	92
Apr. 21	126
Mar. 21	199
Feb. 21	66
Jan. 21	185
Dec. 20	88
Nov. 20	70
Oct. 20	61
Sep. 20	55
Aug. 20	70
Jul. 20	80
Jun. 20	119
May 20	125
Apr. 20	126
Mar. 20	117
Feb. 20	2
Jan. 20	1

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September 2022

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Brazil

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January 2020 to August 2022

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