{"id":1034507,"date":"2021-11-19T23:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T04:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1034507"},"modified":"2021-11-19T23:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T04:13:39","slug":"paraguay-lawmaker-mocks-mask-mandate-by-wearing-underwear-on-his-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paraguay-lawmaker-mocks-mask-mandate-by-wearing-underwear-on-his-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraguay: Lawmaker Mocks Mask Mandate by Wearing Underwear on His Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparaguay-lawmaker-mocks-mask-mandate-by-wearing-underwear-on-his-head%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1034507&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FEZWoPwXIAElVkj-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Jorge Br\u00edtez, an <a href=\"http:\/\/silpy.congreso.gov.py\/parlamentario\/100815\">independent<\/a> lawmaker in Paraguay, came to work at the national capital on Wednesday wearing underwear over his nose and mouth in an apparent mockery of the use of sanitary masks to prevent the spread of Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Br\u00edtez \u2013 who has become one of the most vocal opponents of sanitary masks usage, vaccinations, and economic lockdowns in the country \u2013 posted a photo of himself wearing underwear on his head on social media with the caption, \u201cmy homemade mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The photo was apparently taken in the halls of the Paraguayan Congress; he also appears to be wearing rabbit ears made of printer paper.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5940594059406\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Mi tapabocas casero. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsKduEpVcb\">pic.twitter.com\/IsKduEpVcb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Britez (@Jorgebritez1984) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jorgebritez1984\/status\/1460950393224142853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTrue to his style, the Alto Paran\u00e1 representative Jorge Br\u00edtez engaged in more clownish behavior on Wednesday in the National Congress,\u201d the Paraguayan newspaper <em>Hoy<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoy.com.py\/nacionales\/diputado-antivacuna-va-a-sesionar-con-ropa-interior-como-tapabocas\">lamented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Br\u00edtez has dedicated the majority of his time in the past two years in Congress to opposing mask mandates, economic lockdowns and vaccines. He has derided the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) as genocidal and promoted \u201calternative,\u201d unproven medical interventions to fight the Chinese coronavirus. Among his most recent legislative projects are a <a href=\"http:\/\/silpy.congreso.gov.py\/expediente\/124473\">bill<\/a> that would do away with Paraguay\u2019s national mask mandate and a law that would <a href=\"http:\/\/silpy.congreso.gov.py\/expediente\/122847\">ban<\/a> \u201call forms of discrimination\u201d based on coronavirus vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Br\u00edtez proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoy.com.py\/nacionales\/tras-ser-sancionado-por-facebook-diputado-propone-ley-para-multar-a-redes-sociales\">legislation<\/a> to fine international online social media companies like Facebook and Youtube for censoring Paraguayan citizens after Facebook limited his account\u2019s reach. Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.com.py\/nacionales\/2021\/07\/06\/facebook-suspendio-cuenta-del-diputado-jorge-britez-por-polemico-proyecto-anticovid\/\">suspended<\/a> the lawmaker\u2019s account in July for 30 days after Br\u00edtez used it to promote the use of chlorine dioxide to treat Chinese coronavirus cases. Br\u00edtez also filed legislation to legalize the use and manufacture of the chemical to treat the disease. Br\u00edtez insisted following the censorship that he was proposing a \u201cnon-obligatory\u201d project to promote chlorine dioxide use.<\/p>\n<p>Chlorine dioxide is \u201ca powerful bleaching agent that has caused serious and potentially life-threatening side effects,\u201d according to the American Food and Drug Administration (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-warns-seller-marketing-dangerous-chlorine-dioxide-products-claim\">FDA<\/a>). No evidence exists that it can help coronavirus patients overcome the disease, but the FDA notes it has a long history of being proposed to treat novel illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChlorine dioxide products have not been shown to be safe and effective for any use, including COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus], but these products continue to be sold as a remedy for treating autism, cancer, HIV\/AIDS, hepatitis and flu, among other conditions, despite their harmful effects,\u201d the FDA informed.<\/p>\n<p>This month, Youtube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimahora.com\/youtube-sanciona-cuenta-camara-diputados-comentarios-del-diputado-britez-n2969863.html\">issued<\/a> a strike \u2013 one of three before deleting an account \u2013 against official account of the Paraguayan Congress to avoid broadcasting alleged coronavirus misinformation. Paraguayan media reported that the strike was a direct response to floor speeches by Br\u00edtez.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Br\u00edtez has insisted that he would prefer unproven alternatives in the event he requires coronavirus treatment than the vaccine products approved for international use. In March, he condemned the W.H.O. for advisories that he denounced as violations of Paraguayan sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is the W.H.O. to issue health dictates?\u201d Br\u00edtez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanacion.com.py\/politica\/2021\/03\/18\/quien-es-la-oms-para-dictaminar-sobre-salud-la-pregunta-que-no-deja-dormir-al-diputado-britez\/\">asked<\/a>. \u201cWe are a free and sovereign country. We will not follow the genocidal agenda of criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEven if I am the last one unvaccinated, and they corner me, I prefer to be guillotined than hand over my principles and convictions,\u201d Britez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jorgebritez1984\/status\/1458158307709947911\">declared<\/a> on Twitter last week. Brito also participated in an anti-coronavirus measure protest last week, posing with a large banner reading, \u201crespect our freedom, damn it!!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"2.8571428571429\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/respetennuestralibertadcarajo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#respetennuestralibertadcarajo<\/a>!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vMys1MqflS\">pic.twitter.com\/vMys1MqflS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Britez (@Jorgebritez1984) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jorgebritez1984\/status\/1456639880285487114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Similarly, last year, Britez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.com.py\/nacionales\/2020\/12\/21\/diputado-quema-tapabocas-en-una-bochornosa-manifestacion\/\">joined<\/a> a protest and engaged in the public burning of sanitary masks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.537037037037\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f \u201cVamos a quemar esta porquer\u00eda\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udd25 Un video difundido a trav\u00e9s de las redes sociales, muestra al diputado Jorge Br\u00edtez del Alto Paran\u00e1, junto a un grupo de ciudadanos realizando una quema de tapabocas en la v\u00eda p\u00fablica. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoticiasTrece?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoticiasTrece<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CDA6QCbxwW\">pic.twitter.com\/CDA6QCbxwW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trece (@trecepy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trecepy\/status\/1341001651126153216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The use of cloth masks to prevent the spread of Chinese coronavirus has been the subject of much scientific debate in the past two years, particularly given the diversity of available products \u2013 from simple cloths to elaborate surgical masks meant for use in hospitals. A study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/news\/story\/new-uvm-covid-study-without-right-messaging-masks-could-contribute-covid-19-spread\">published<\/a> by the University of Vermont in August 2020 found that mask use without proper education on how to use them results in risky behavior and improper wearing, which can lead to coronavirus spread.<\/p>\n<p>A study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/17\/wearing-masks-single-most-effective-way-to-tackle-covid-study-finds\">published<\/a> this week in the&nbsp;British Medical Association\u2019s&nbsp;<em>BMJ<\/em> found a 53-percent drop in coronavirus cases in populations that use masks correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Br\u00edtez has also aggressively opposed economic lockdowns to prevent the spread of the disease, arguing that they disproportionately hurt his constituents and spread poverty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">In June 2020, Br\u00edtez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.com.py\/nacionales\/2020\/06\/03\/diputado-se-saca-la-camisa-en-plena-sesion-al-hablar-sobre-la-critica-situacion-de-alto-parana\/\">appeared<\/a> in Congress shirtless demanding that the government reopen the border between Paraguay and Brazil, which his district lies squarely on.&nbsp;Br\u00edtez noted that 80 percent of his constituents depended on trade with Brazil and faced near-immediate economic devastation without cross-border trade.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.358361774744\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffcLegislador se sac\u00f3 la remera en plena sesi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcccEl diputado Jorge Br\u00edtez pidi\u00f3 en un encendido discurso que se abra el Puente de la Amistad.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CuarentenaInteligente?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CuarentenaInteligente<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoronavirusPy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoronavirusPy<\/a>\ud83d\udcf2<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZvwJlbwdHn\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZvwJlbwdHn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sroppLjbTm\">pic.twitter.com\/sroppLjbTm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC TV Paraguay (@ABCTVpy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCTVpy\/status\/1268188461556785156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">In May of this year, Br\u00edtez jokingly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rionegro.com.ar\/un-diputado-paraguayo-propuso-legalizar-un-poco-el-robo-en-favor-del-pueblo-1808242\/\">proposed<\/a> a law to help victims of economic lockdowns by legalizing larceny against public officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">\u201cWe are going to study, to analyze, up to how much can be allowed, or in all cases, legalize theft against those who stole from the people, those who looted municipalities, who looted governorships, we can take a little from there to assuage the situation,\u201d Br\u00edtez explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">The proposal at the time would have allowed the theft of up to&nbsp;10.000 guaran\u00eds from public officials, which amounts to about $1.46.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\"><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637319126196000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1n4jqdVpEp8hac7FfiUCtm\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637319126196000&amp;usg=AOvVaw02NJaB5Zxv9XsPRtFksli4\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Br\u00edtez, an independent lawmaker in 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