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
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Aos Fatos. (September 14, 2022). Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to August 2022, by month [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
Aos Fatos. "Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to August 2022, by month." Chart. September 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
Aos Fatos. (2022). Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to August 2022, by month. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
Aos Fatos. "Number of Fake or Distorted Statements on Covid-19 Made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to August 2022, by Month." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
Aos Fatos, Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to August 2022, by month Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to August 2022, by month [Graph], Aos Fatos, September 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
