{"id":810286,"date":"2021-09-24T14:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T18:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=810286"},"modified":"2021-09-24T14:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T18:43:32","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-romanian-anti-covid-19-vaccine-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-romanian-anti-covid-19-vaccine-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Romanian Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine Protest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-a-romanian-anti-covid-19-vaccine-protest%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=810286&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>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUGH4PGl4xX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2f46e530-719f-4184-b56d-326944f2c38f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Instagram<\/a> purportedly shows a demonstration against COVID-19 vaccination in Romania.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUGH4PGl4xX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" readability=\"-7.8461538461538\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video shows a 2017 anti-corruption protest in Romania.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Sept. 22 Instagram video shows an aerial view of a huge crowd of people, many of whom appear to be holding bluish-white lights. \u201cT<span class>his is WHAT\u2019S POSSIBLE with people power,\u201d reads the post\u2019s caption. \u201c<\/span><span class>The Romanian government has CLOSED all vaccine centres because 70% of the citizens won\u2019t get the jab. Coercion did not work!\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/22\/fact-check-7news-australian-government-unvaccinated-covid-isolation-camps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did 7News Report That The Australian Government Is Putting All Citizens Who Remain Unvaccinated By The End Of The Year Into \u2018Isolation Camps\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While some Romanians have participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/wireStory\/3000-romania-anti-vaccination-protest-amid-covid-19-76310740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti-vaccination<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/coronavirus-romanias-vaccination-campaign-hits-some-hurdles\/a-57570443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protests<\/a>, the scene in the footage has nothing to do with COVID-19 and took place before the pandemic began. The Romanian state-owned broadcaster TVR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KVKTDOCkfPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> a longer version on YouTube in February 2017 with a caption that explains it shows demonstrators assembled in Bucharest\u2019s Victory Square to decry an emergency ordinance that, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/12\/world\/europe\/romania-bucharest-protests-corruption.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>, \u201ceffectively decriminalized some low-level corruption offenses.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@44.4518425,26.0862603,3a,75y,33.63h,85.16t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slSkSJyqiHAGiTC7Nd0KnOQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victoria Palace<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/bucharest-travel.com\/victoria-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">houses<\/a> the Romanian Prime Minister and his cabinet, is adjacent to Victory Square and is visible in the extended clip shared on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>The claim that Romania\u2019s government has shuttered every COVID-19 vaccination center is likewise inaccurate. Authorities did announce on July 6 that they had closed 117 such facilities and scheduled reductions for 371 others due to declining demand for the vaccine, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-europe-middle-east-coronavirus-vaccine-olympic-games-89aa1d9d8b6eb4042bd31ed4e18b195d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. However, dozens of centers remain open, according to a map on the Romanian government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vaccinare-covid.gov.ro\/platforma-programare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>About 34 percent of adults in Romania had been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as of Sept. 23, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/romanian-hospitals-fill-up-with-covid-patients-amid-widespread-vaccine-refusal-2021-09-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. Only one country in the European Union has a lower rate of vaccination, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Instagram purportedly shows a demonstration against COVID-19 vaccination in Romania. Verdict: False The video shows a 2017 anti-corruption protest in Romania. 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