RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Ex-president Lula said that, despite being against mandatory vaccination, he is in favor of non-vaccinated people staying home and being excluded from public life.
With this stance, he follows countries like France and Italy, which systematically exclude the unvaccinated from public life, facing the largest protests in many years.
“No one is going to force you to take the vaccine. But also you won’t be able to go to public places,” the PT (Workers’ Party) candidate said on Saturday, January 29, during the inauguration ceremony of Moisés Selerges, the new chairman of the Metalworkers’ Union of São Paulo’s ABC region.
“If you don’t want to get vaccinated, that’s your right. But you also won’t be able to take part in anything with people,” Lula added, pre-candidate for the Planalto Palace this year.
“Why would anyone say ‘I don’t want to take the vaccine because I don’t believe in the vaccine’? Then lock yourselves indoors,” he said, noting that certain diseases have been eradicated because of vaccines.
During the event, Lula attacked philosopher Olavo de Carvalho and President Jair Bolsonaro. “I think Bolsonaro has taken about 10 vaccines and keeps saying he doesn’t,” he said.
“The misfortune of those who tell a lie is that they spend their lives lying to justify it,” he added, as he argued that he was acquitted by the courts. “This country is being destroyed, and it’s clear for any who want to see it.”
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