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.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 29, 2026. /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 29, 2026. /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." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 14 Sep 2022, /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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/ (last visited July 29, 2026)
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: /statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
