Both reports appear to be correct and pose a structural problem for the Lebanese authority. Is Aoun transmitting a message to the Lebanese that he does not trust the vaccine, preventing him from receiving it? And if so, are you risking the Lebanese without it?
The two stories are connected to the core and are contradictory in content at the same level. One of them, on the form, indicates a lack of medical confidence in the vaccine, and the second complements the first. It is impossible that the vaccine is not reliable and, at the same time, it is being “tested” in two million Lebanese. And if it is reliable, why shouldn’t the president, who is supposed to encourage Lebanese to receive it, not receive it, to prevent their health from deteriorating? Note that the heads of state of the world, the United States and others, are receiving the vaccine, while televisions broadcast the event live to serve as role models for citizens, encouraging them to take this step and refuting the theories of The conspiracy.
The presidential refusal to receive the vaccine raised those questions on social media, with bloggers deconstructing the content of the news story and constructing narratives about it. Most of these narratives are logical and unrelated to the political stance on the president. This is because the news that was released on Monday morning, about the president’s reluctance, is not associated with scientific reasons, and it has not been clarified if his reasons were personal.
Note that the opposite of that news is a statement by the Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan, after his meeting with President Aoun, in which he said: “The Health Authority, with the support of the President of the Republic and the first Minister, has made the right decision to cover the Lebanese community with the only Pfizer vaccine available so far, which happened. All exceptions and approvals from international medical organizations.
And the campaign that broke into social networking sites after the news spread resulted from the failure of the Lebanese presidency to clarify the news, announce its explanations, or even deny it if it was not true. It can be related to health warnings that the president suffers on a personal level, which prevents him from taking it … or it can be related to other personal matters, and certainly not related to age, because the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, got the vaccine, as well as the British Queen Elizabeth, who is over ninety years old.
Fatah, the president’s refusal to receive the vaccine, is the door to diligence and analysis. Many linked this position to the position of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday night, when he announced that he would not receive the American vaccine, while other vaccines will consult doctors about it.
