Joe Public’s attitude as imagined by Mr. Oswaldo Costas Quentes, in view of the geniality of his German regulation… [Biologist and public health official Oswaldo Cruz is at the head of the spear pressing at the breast of Joe Public.]
Joe Public’s actual attitude
Now please don’t toy with me! I don’t want to know about politics! I won’t have any instigators and I’m not scared of your antics!
(O Malho, Rio de Janeiro, 1904) (On the complicated politics of obligatory vaccination in Brazil, see also this cartoon.)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 
Very interesting how the fears of the vaccine mandate are similar to our current situation. One thing that may interest you in Portuguese: “Costas quentes”, the nickname they give to Oswaldo Cruz, means someone who is not afraid of retribution because they enjoy protection from someone more powerful (literally, warm back, like there’s someone behind you).
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