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One reason authorities missed nearly 100,000 deaths has to do with overcrowded hospitals. Many have died in their homes and it was only when authorities examined death certificates and went through the excess mortality that they realized that the number of deaths is much higher than what hospitals previously reported. Strong criticism is directed at the country’s president, the left-wing nationalist Andrés Manuel López Obrador. From the beginning, he has belonged to the skeptics of the crown and did not want to wear mouth guards, even though the majority of the population does. Nor did he want to close the company in view of the huge informal sector in the country that makes a living by selling things on the street. Earlier this year, it was confirmed that he was infected.
– Why was he infected? Because I, like millions of Mexicans, have to work, the 67-year-old president said during a press conference in February when he recovered from two weeks of sick leave.
Regarding the vaccination program Mexico, on the other hand, was the first in Latin America and vaccinated the first person already on Christmas Eve last year. According to the Ministry of Health website, it’s time for 67-year-olds in Mexico City to get vaccinated on Thursday. This means that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador can receive his first dose at that time, but has not yet decided whether to vaccinate.
– The doctors who treated me when I was sick with covid-19 recommended that I wait with the vaccine because I had enough antibodies. But now time has passed. Anyway, I want you to recommend what is best for me before I take the syringe, he said during a news conference on Monday.
Even within the Catholic Church in Mexico there are skeptics of the crown. In February, Mexican Bishop Antonio González Sánchez, 78, said during a mass in the violent state of Tamaulipas that “wearing a mouth guard is the same as not trusting God.” His statement sparked a wave of criticism that led him to finally resign. Today, Tuesday, Pope Francis accepted his resignation.
– I think it is ridiculous to oppose the use of mouth guards. It’s about protecting yourself and others, says Armando Martínez, a newspaper vendor at Plaza Cibeles in Mexico City.
He is not surprised by the new death toll.
– I have never trusted the state figures. I always thought they were higher than what the authorities said, he tells DN.
He is supported by one of his clients.
– I think the president should spend more time monitoring the number of deaths than entering into controversies about the use of mouth guards, says Matías Hérnandez.
