I refused to say that my daughter was also right … The Russian vaccine clears up Putin’s absurdity

Russian President Vladimir Putin, 69, has announced that he will not be publicly vaccinated with Russia’s own Sputnik V Corona 19 vaccine. “I don’t want to be like a monkey in front of the camera,” he said.

He also said that he would not rush to get the Sputnik V vaccine and would be in late summer or early fall this year. Russia has been vaccinating the public with the Sputnik V vaccine since December last year. Those over the age of 60 are also eligible for vaccination.

Russian President Vladimir Putin. [EPA=연합뉴스]

According to the Russian media Comersant and the British Daily Mail on the 12th (local time), President Putin spoke to the video editors in the Russian media on the 10th. He was asked, “When will I get the Sputnik V vaccine?”

President Putin said: “Since I was vaccinated against the flu, I cannot receive another vaccine,” he said. “You can talk to your doctor and get the injection (at the right time).” Meanwhile, he announced a plan to “get vaccinated in late summer or early fall, which is the second half of 2021, when activities abroad, including visits abroad, begin.”

The Daily Mail noted that the timing of President Putin’s vaccination was months after Russian authorities allowed Sputnik V vaccine to be administered even to people over 60 years of age.

Sputnik V vaccine from Russia. [AFP=연합뉴스]

Furthermore, the Sputnik V vaccine has started to attract the attention of advanced Western countries, as the results of phase 3, whose efficacy is 91.6% (efficacy from 60 years, 91.8%) were published in the ‘Lancet’ magazine. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakarova expressed her confidence and said: “The world is online to buy the Sputnik V vaccine.” The Korean government also announced that it is considering introducing the Sputnik V vaccine. It was evaluated as a reversal of the ridiculed Russian vaccine.

But President Putin has been wrong for months after he said that “my daughter has also been vaccinated.” When the Sputnik V vaccine was first approved in August last year before phase 3 results came out, it tried to allay concerns, saying, “My daughter was vaccinated too.” However, he was not vaccinated, which raised doubts.

A spokesman for the Kremlin Palace, who received relevant questions from journalists on the day the results of Sputnik V phase 3 were released in November last year, said: “The president cannot use a vaccine that is not ‘certified ‘”, controversy. This is because I stated that the vaccine was not “certified” until approval for use.

The Sputnik V Corona 19 vaccine is being vaccinated in Russia. [AP=연합뉴스]

President Putin’s actions are different from those of other leaders of other countries who wave their arms in front of the camera to encourage the public to receive the Corona 19 vaccine. At least 10 leaders, including US President Joe Biden (79), Benjamin Netanyahu (72), Israeli Prime Minister and Lee Shen-Lung (69), Prime Minister of Singapore, took the initiative and were openly vaccinated. But President Putin said he would not do public vaccinations because he did not want to be a show for people like the monkeys at the zoo.

President Putin, who has not yet received the Sputnik V vaccine, is currently working in isolation from the Corona 19 virus, a foreign press reported. In order for an outsider to meet you, they must go through a two-week quarantine period. In addition, to visit the Kremlin and its official residence on the outskirts of Moscow, you have to go through a sterilization tunnel from which disinfectants come from the ceiling and walls.

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