First, Jair Bolsonaro described Covid as a “little flu”, then he suggested vaccination could turn people into crocodiles. Now the president of Brazil, where the World Health Organization says there have been more than 660,000 Covid deaths, is the butt of a joke as the country’s Carnival returns. At the São Paulo parade, a performer wearing a presidential sash transformed into a crocodile after “receiving a vaccine” on stage. Satire has traditionally been a feature of Carnival floats, according to one of those behind the stunt.
