Just 23% of Belarusians Are Double Jabbed and Yet There Is Zero Talk of Coercion

Here is one Belarusian state media report on the progress of Belarus’ vaccination drive from start to finish:

MINSK, 29 October (BelTA) – More than 2.845 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine [30 percent], of them over 2.178 million have been fully vaccinated [23 percent], BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

The regional breakdown of people who got the second shot is as follows: Brest Oblast (over 267,700), Vitebsk Oblast (over 228,800), Gomel Oblast (over 398,400), Grodno Oblast (over 258,100), Minsk (over 440,300), Minsk Oblast (over 263,400), Mogilev Oblast (over 264,700).

More than 56,400 employees of various organizations and departments have been fully vaccinated so far.

Notice one thing absent from the report? There are zero state officials detailing repressive measures that ought to be taken against the unvaccinated portion of the citizenry to “speed up” the campaign.

This despite the lowest fully-vaccinated rate in Europe, lower even than Romania’s 30 percent.

What a “dictator” Lukashenko is. Let’s urgently sanction and regime change him to pave the way for “democratic”, “liberal”, “right-thinking” leadership that would “responsibly” and “compassionately” unleash vaccine passport hell and turn Belarus into another colony of the global virus cult.

To be honest as recently as June 2021 Lukashenko stated that in certain circumstances he would not hesitate to order forced vaccination, something Anti-Empire covered at the time, so there isn’t an iron-clad guarantee. Nonetheless, Lukashenko continues to be adamant that there is no need for any such move, and to pooh pooh attempts to overdramatize Covid in general and in Belarus specifically.

The “dictator” has gone as far as to say:

“It’s just over the top to send police to track down those who aren’t wearing masks. We aren’t the West.”

How horrible!

Can’t he be more like Trudeau, Macron, Biden…and Putin?

The high death toll from the covid in Belarus results from the regime's gross mismanagement of the crisis. Belarus is an outsider in vaccination. The medical system must promptly respond to covid challenges. In new Belarus, it's crucial to carry out necessary reforms quickly. pic.twitter.com/TfeZZqTgkF

— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) October 23, 2021

Today, together with @rada_vision, @nau_belarus, Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation, we sent a letter to 🇪🇺 & like-minded countries calling to provide Belarus people with covid vaccines approved by the @WHO. This can help to fight the pandemic & save thousands of lives. pic.twitter.com/YwzF99ByZF

— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) October 26, 2021

Another issue – the regime fires doctors for political reasons in the midst of the pandemic. There are no civil initiatives to help people (like ByCovid19 in 2020), and it's impossible to launch them safely now due to terror in Belarus. So people are left alone with the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/4emDSlVuPg

— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) October 23, 2021

How can 🇪🇺 use sanctions on Belarus as an effective policy tool? This is a topic for the upcoming discussion of the Research Center of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Office.
➡️ November 2, 4 PM Vilnius time.
Join the discussion here: https://t.co/qfgYUy1Tcr. pic.twitter.com/Iq4433VtVV

— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) October 28, 2021