Government preoccupationThough not directly related to GQC , it does let you know where they are putting out fires . And in country , this is a BIG ONE .
Our boots on the ground report :
In terms of the current situation in the DR, the Chinese Government gave the previous administration (there is a new political party in power as you know) a loan to buy the Sinovac vaccine which they of course bought. However, this vaccine is a two-dose vaccine and as of about March, only 24% of the population was vaccinated although they claim that number is now up to about 48% which we doubt because they ran out of the vaccine and many people did not get the second dose.
Regardless, the EU has claimed the Sinovac is not a legitimate vaccine and as a result claims anyone that got it is not really vaccinated (and subject to quarantines or whatever else, if not forcing such people to take one of the other ones in order to travel).
The US of course has been pressuring many developing countries that did similar deals with China to buy the Pfizer vaccine as a third “booster”. In this regard, the DR government had been talking about giving people the Pfizer vaccine and the people are very, very angry, especially the medical community. It seems many of the educated Dominicans that speak English have been watching the alternative news and are well aware of the negative side effects of all the vaccines. NO ONE in the country wants a third vaccine shot and especially none of the European or American ones.
The mother of former President Fernandez took the vaccine and died 4 weeks later. A famous meringue artist, Johnny Ventura, took the vaccine and he died too (of a heart attack, what else?). So, many of these issues are becoming apparent here.
There you have it . Real info from our in country contacts . Not some fruit vendor either !