By sabotaging childhood vaccinations, Bolsonaro is encouraging crimes against Anvisa, says the agency's head.
Antônio Barra Torres stated that there is a feeling of "helplessness" at Anvisa, which is still awaiting a response from the Federal Police regarding the request for protection for its employees.
247 - The president of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antônio Barra Torres, stated that Jair Bolsonaro's sabotage of the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 against Covid-19 encourages denialism and represents threats to the lives of employees of the regulatory agency.
"I have no doubt that the two statements contributed significantly to the approximately 170 death threats, physical assaults, and violence of all kinds against employees and their families that Anvisa has received," said Barra Torres in an interview with... Folha de S. Paul.
According to Barra Torres, there is a feeling of "helplessness" at the agency, which is still awaiting a response from the Federal Police regarding the request for protection for its employees. "It's a worrying feeling because there hasn't been police protection to date, worrying because of the potentially dangerous scenario [omicron variant], and worrying because there's no focus on addressing a likely adverse scenario for 2022," he stated.
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