A popular Mexican TV host is being attacked after traveling to Florida just to get the coveted COVID-19 vaccine, which most Americans did not receive.
Juan José Origel, famous for presenting Mexican daytime shows like “Ventaneando”, “Hoy” and “La Oreja”, posted a photo on Twitter on Saturday, showing him receiving a photo with his right arm while sitting inside a car.
“Already vaccinated !! Thank you #use what a pity my country could not guarantee me this security !!!” Origel wrote.
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It is unclear how he made the appointment for the vaccine.
Many on social media criticized him for being insensitive for bragging about the shot.
“I am a mother, I have two children, I pay taxes, I have been working during the whole pandemic and it happens that tourists take the vaccine? What a pity!” wrote a Twitter user.
Origel traveled to Miami, Florida, to get the injection because the launch of the COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico was too slow, according to the Al Dia newspaper in Dallas, Texas.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Monday that Russia will supply Mexico with 24 million doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the next two months.
Obrador, who has been heavily criticized for not applying stricter COVID-19 rules in the country, announced on Sunday that he tested positive for the bug with mild symptoms.
Foreigners traveling to the US for vaccines are nothing new.
Canadians also plan to travel to the United States to receive a sting in the arm and return home the same day. Some Argentines also made the hour trip to get the photo in Florida, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Argentine TV personality Yanina Latorre recently posted on Instagram that her elderly mother received the COVID-19 vaccine while on vacation in South Florida.
She told 1.5 million followers that two fans helped her get an appointment for her 80-year-old mother – who meets the state’s 65-year-old requirement – in Miami.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said people who own a second home in the state are allowed to be vaccinated, but he discouraged tourists from doing so.
“If they have a residence and aren’t just flying at night for a week or two, I’m totally fine with that,” he said, according to the Journal. “This is a little different from someone who is just touring and trying to come here. So we are discouraging people from coming to Florida just to get a vaccine. ”
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The Florida Department of Health has made it clear that it will investigate any reported misuse of the COVID-19 vaccines.
“It is absolutely forbidden for anyone to enter Florida for one day to get the vaccine and leave the next day,” health department spokesman Jason Mahon told the newspaper. “We ask that all suspicious incidents be reported to the appropriate county health department immediately.”