{"id":1387274,"date":"2022-03-17T14:40:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1387274"},"modified":"2022-03-17T20:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T00:44:41","slug":"maduro-demands-venezuelans-get-coronavirus-booster-shots-every-four-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maduro-demands-venezuelans-get-coronavirus-booster-shots-every-four-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Maduro Demands Venezuelans Get Coronavirus Booster Shots Every Four Months"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmaduro-demands-venezuelans-get-coronavirus-booster-shots-every-four-months%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=1387274&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro announced on national television this week that his regime would pressure citizens to receive a Chinese coronavirus vaccine booster shot every four months.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro boldly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtv.gob.ve\/presidente-vacuna-refuerzo-cuatro\/\">declared<\/a> Venezuela to be \u201cthe first country in the world that has decided scientifically to administer booster shots every four months after the second portion of the main vaccine,\u201d according to state television network VTV. The dictator was speaking on a broadcast to observe the anniversary of the first quarantine measures he imposed on the country in response to the new disease, which began to spread in Wuhan, central China, in late 2019.<\/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>\u201cWe\u2019re going to hit the booster campaign hard because,\u201d he explained, \u201cfrom now on, until further notice that they discover new medicines to cure coronavirus like just another cold \u2013 or that they produce a vaccine that offers total, long-term immunity \u2013 until that moment comes, we are going to have to get booster vaccines every four months, I say this responsibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a1Ponte el refuerzo! Es el llamado que le hago a toda la poblaci\u00f3n venezolana para seguir controlando la Covid-19 y garantizar la actividad social y econ\u00f3mica del pa\u00eds. A las madres, padres, abuelos y abuelas les recuerdo que la vacunaci\u00f3n debe ser cada cuatro meses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dV4YIsPQKd\">pic.twitter.com\/dV4YIsPQKd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicolasMaduro\/status\/1503911396911849482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maduro appeared to imply that, should Venezuelans not adhere to the four-month vaccination schedule, he would lock down the country again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHow pretty the streets of Venezuela look with people going about their daily, commercial, cultural, musical, labor, educational activities,\u201d Maduro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elnacional.com\/venezuela\/maduro-llama-a-ponerse-cada-cuatro-meses-la-vacuna-de-refuerzo\/\">mused<\/a>. \u201cHow pretty the schools look, the academies and universities full of adolescents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maduro also claimed that the entire population of Venezuelan adults was fully vaccinated against Chinese coronavirus, and 60 percent of minors had received their immunizations \u2013 an astounding number given that, as recently as last summer, Venezuelan authorities were struggling to provide vaccines to individuals who scheduled themselves for appointments to receive them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/06\/14\/caruzo-in-venezuela-the-coronavirus-vaccine-line-is-12-hours-long-and-you-dont-get-a-shot\/\">resulting<\/a> in vaccination centers turning people away after as long as 12 hours in line waiting for doses. A transparent tally of the number of people who have been vaccinated in the country, according to the Associated Press, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/caribbean-europe-venezuela-coronavirus-vaccine-health-a13a9f95174cab7162c43cd106e506c2\">remained<\/a> \u201cunclear\u201d as of July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we look at the promises with the Russian and Chinese vaccines, there\u2019s a lot of emphasis on the agreements and the numbers, and then the delivery of those vaccines and who gets what in Venezuela becomes much more mysterious,\u201d Jacqueline Mazza, senior adjunct professor of Latin American studies at Johns Hopkins University, told the AP at the time. \u201cSimply put, the numbers just aren\u2019t there. \u2026 It\u2019s all shrouded in mystery, and clearly, the figures that are not giving us the true story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More recently, in November, the Maduro regime attempted to implement a mobile phone-based vaccine passport application known as the \u201cStoplight\u201d app that would have, in theory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/11\/08\/caruzo-venezuelas-vaccine-passport-app-faces-a-familiar-foe-socialist-incompetence\/\">required<\/a> patrons of restaurants, shops, and other businesses to show proof of vaccination before entering the location. The regime failed to impose the system as it could not handle the volume of demand from businesses forced to sign up for the phone application, and a combination of extreme poverty and electricity shortages made using the system impossible.<\/p>\n<p>The Maduro regime has long faced international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200526-venezuela-s-official-virus-data-is-absurd-hrw-and-johns-hopkins\">skepticism<\/a> about its official coronavirus data.\u00a0Human Rights Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200526-venezuela-s-official-virus-data-is-absurd-hrw-and-johns-hopkins\">described<\/a> the official coronavirus statistics from the Maduro regime as \u201cabsurd\u201d in 2020. Since then, reports from the country have observed anecdotal evidence, such as elevated business at funeral homes and crematories, suggesting that the true death toll of the disease in the country is far higher than government estimates. The\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/in-venezuela-covid-19-data-is-a-state-secret-but-citizens-see-many-deaths-11622638800\">reported<\/a> last year that some observers believe that as many as 20 times more people have died than what the Maduro regime has publicly documented.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>At press time, Venezuela has <a href=\"https:\/\/gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\">reported<\/a> a little over half a million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began there in 2020 and 5,663 deaths attributed to coronavirus infections. Regional data shows a striking difference: neighboring Colombia has documented 6 million coronavirus cases and nearly 140,000 deaths; Brazil, which shares its northern border with Venezuela, has documented 29.4 million cases and over 22,000 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks this week, Maduro\u2019s call for booster shots did not specify which vaccination product residents should receive booster shots of. Pharmaceutical institutes around the world have developed a dizzying array of products branded coronavirus vaccines that use different methods of promoting an immune response from the body, some of that has been shown to spur a greater reaction in the body than others. At press time, Venezuela has received vaccine donations of Sputnik V, the first vaccine product approved anywhere in the world, from Russia, and two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vozdeamerica.com\/a\/venezuela-acorta-periodo-aplicacion-dosis-resfuerzo-covid-19\/6457217.html\">products<\/a> from China, the Sinovac and Sinopharm shots. Maduro has also imported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efe.com\/efe\/america\/sociedad\/venezuela-recibe-un-millon-de-dosis-la-vacuna-cubana-soberana-plus\/20000013-4729106\">doses<\/a> of experimental vaccine products from Cuba that have not been in widespread international use. The science behind each product is different, likely affecting when, or even if, a patient should receive any booster doses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/mixed-covid-vaccine-schedules-offer-stronger-boost-after-sinovac-regimen-study-2022-01-24\/\">Sinovac<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3162605\/sinopharm-protein-based-booster-stronger-against-omicron-earlier\">Sinopharm,<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikvaccine.com\/newsroom\/pressreleases\/venezuela-received-7-mn-doses-of-sputnik-light-booster-in-the-biggest-one-time-global-delivery\/\">Gamaleya Institute<\/a>, which manufactures the Sputnik line of vaccine products, claim that one booster shot makes their products more effective. Cuba\u2019s Finlay Institute began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mep.gob.cu\/es\/noticia\/cuba-intensificara-vacunacion-de-refuerzo-contra-la-covid-19\">experimenting<\/a> with mass distribution of booster doses in January.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has repeatedly warned against booster vaccination campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlanket booster programmes are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it, by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage,\u201d W.H.O. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2021\/12\/1108622\">said<\/a> in December, \u201cgiving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo country can boost its way out of the pandemic,\u201d Tedros warned.<\/p>\n<p>A W.H.O. \u201cexpert group\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6155788\/world-health-organization-boosters\/\">appeared<\/a> to reverse course last week, stating it \u201cstrongly supports urgent and broad access\u201d to boosters.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<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\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1647531913832000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1fURPuau51WQ0Puvs28RQL\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1647531913832000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2sR-nYQdAVrYRMnC4H65qd\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro announced on national television this week that his regime would pressure citizens to receive a Chinese coronavirus vaccine booster shot every four months. 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