'To get vaccinated in an act of compassion,' wrote Ramírez, whose family members didn't have access to the vaccine in Venezuela (via toofab)
In this post, Ramírez, 44, shared that his Aunt Lucy and Uncle Guillermo both died from Covid-19 complications last weekend in Venezuela. One day later, he discovered a family friend had also passed away after battling the virus. Ramírez pointed out that the deaths came a little more than a month after he lost his grandmother to Covid ... and four months following the passing of his Venezuelan agent, Laureano, whom he called"a dear friend.
"I can't stand this void in my chest, this metallic taste in my mouth, this crippling headache that doesn't seem to soothe," he added."The waves of hopelessness that I refuse to let take root in my soul." "Meanwhile, tens of thousands of vaccines are being thrown away in the United States because a larger number of people don't want them," Ramírez expressed."It breaks my heart that so many people in this country are willing to snub the very vaccine my family would have taken in an instant."The"Yes Day" actor continued by urging people to get the Covid-19 vaccine if they can.
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