Edgar Ramirez begs Americans to get vaccinated after losing 5 loved ones to COVID-19

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Edgar Ramirez has begged people to get vaccinated for coronavirus after he lost five loved ones to COVID-19.

The โ€˜Jungle Cruiseโ€™ star has been left โ€œdevastatedโ€ after his auntie and uncle both died over the weekend after they contracted coronavirus, follow the passing of his grandmother, his auntโ€™s brother-in-law, and his Venezuelan agent.

Edgar admitted none of his loved ones had been vaccinated because they didnโ€™t have access to a COVID-19 jab in Venezuela.

In a statement shared on his Instagram page, he wrote: โ€œUnfortunately the miracle didnโ€™t happen.

After a gruesome agony my aunt Lucy died on Saturday.

And after being stabilized for a few days and in only a matter of hours, my uncle Guillermo collapsed and died on Sunday.

In less than 24 hours, COVID had taken both of their lives. We had not yet collected my auntโ€™s ashes when we were due to incinerate my uncleโ€™s body.

โ€œThen on Monday, still unable to process the shock and the horror from the weekend, we woke up to the news that my Aunt Nidiaโ€™s brother in law, Rafael, a dear friend, had also died after months battling with COVID complications.

โ€œThey all died exactly a month and two days after COVID had taken the life of my grandmother Bertha and 4 months since it took the life of my Venezuelan agent and dear friend Laureano.

โ€œMy heart canโ€™t just take more pain. I am sad, I am frustrated, I am devastated. Itโ€™s been weeks and weeks of my family being played, tortured and jerked around by this cruel, treacherous and violent disease which mercilessly ended up killing them all. I canโ€™t stand this void in my chest, this metallic taste in my mouth, this crippling headache that doesnโ€™t seem to soothe.

These waves of hopelessness that I refuse to let take root in my soul.

โ€œNone of them had been vaccinated. None had access to a vaccine in Venezuela. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of vaccines are being thrown away in the United States because a large number of people donโ€™t want them. (sic)โ€

The US-based star is urging his American-based fans, and others, to get jabbed, admitting his family wouldโ€™ve been vaccinated โ€œin an instantโ€ if they had been given the chance.

He added: โ€œIt 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.

โ€œAs my family and millions of people go through the nightmare of losing their loved ones because there arenโ€™t enough vaccines in the rest of the world, my hope is that anyone who can get vaccinated, do so today.

โ€œDonโ€™t do it for yourself. Do it to protect those who are vulnerable, those with immune deficiencies, and all others who can get very sick if infected.

โ€œWhat everyone agrees on is that those who are unvaccinated can carry more of the lethal virus, and can transmit it faster and to more people, than those who got a vaccine.

โ€œTo get a vaccine is an act of compassion (sic)โ€

Edgar also urged his followers to watch his interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Chief Medical Advisor to the President of the United States.

He added: โ€œLastly, I encourage you all to follow science and truthful information, and please, please, PLEASEโ€ฆIf you can, GET VACCINATED, so you can help save those around you. (sic)โ€


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