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Former United States President Donald Trump was shouted at during his rally on Saturday night in Cullman, Alabama, in asking his supporters to be vaccinated against covid-19, this as part of the fight to face the new wave of the pandemic that has occurred in the country, mainly among the unvaccinated.
Trump heard the unusual booing and teasing directed at his person after he asked to be recommended to be vaccinated, this in the localities where the virus has spread exponentially.
“I totally believe in their freedoms. I do it, you’re free, you have to do what you have to do. But I recommend taking the vaccines. I did, okay, get the shots, “said Trump, who was shouted at by his supporters and added,”That’s all right. That’s okay. That’s good, you have your freedoms. But it turns out I got the vaccine. If it doesn’t work, I’ll be the first to know. Okay? “.
The former president of the United States was infected with covid-19 in October 2020, in the midst of the accelerating pandemic and during this year’s presidential campaigns, and was vaccinated while in office before his successor, Joe Biden, take over.
Like other states that harbor vaccine resistance and other public health measures often fueled by Republican leaders, Alabama is currently at the mercy of the covid-19 Delta variant. Prior to the Trump rally, local authorities said they feared a widespread event.
In Alabama, the state hospital association said this week that 85 percent of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 were not vaccinated. Alabama is also experiencing an increase in covid-19 cases among children. This week, the state had 50 children hospitalized with covid-19.
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