{"id":36701,"date":"2021-03-16T18:21:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=36701"},"modified":"2021-03-16T18:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:18:53","slug":"chinono-responds-to-social-media-trolls-after-receiving-chinese-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chinono-responds-to-social-media-trolls-after-receiving-chinese-vaccine","title":{"rendered":"Chin\u2019ono Responds To Social Media Trolls After Receiving Chinese Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Prominent journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono has been subjected to ridicule by some individuals on social media after he received the Sinopharm COVID-19 jab on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Chin\u2019ono shared his photos getting the shot on social media, prompting his critics to mock him for allegedly receiving a vaccine he has spoken against in the past. See the screenshot below:<\/p>\n<p>Posting on his Facebook page about the screenshot, Chin\u2019ono chided his critics, saying this shows that some people are literate but not educated. He said:<\/p>\n<p>I saw this; [screenshot]<\/p>\n<p>it was done by an idiot or dum-dum or both.<\/p>\n<p>It shows that many of our people are literate but not educated, they fail to understand simple things!<\/p>\n<p>The left tweet is valid because I am against citizens being forced, but someone still can\u2019t get that?<\/p>\n<p>You should educate citizens, and win their hearts and minds, not issue threats as Mnangagwa did!<\/p>\n<p>Government has failed to mount an educational and media program yet it set aside US$1.5 million for communications.<\/p>\n<p>It will be looted like any other fund! I got vaccinated because I read about Sinopharm and spoke to my GP and Physician about it!<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t use threats to force citizens, that is why I said the State should respect the constitutional rights of citizens in regards to getting vaccinated!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t force people, educate them and win them over, it remains my position!<\/p>\n<p>So the person who made this screenshot is not only ignorant of what they I meant, but they are part of the problem using propaganda where it doesn\u2019t fit!<\/p>\n<p>My first tweet remains valid because I am against citizens being forced!<\/p>\n<p>I made a choice and went on my own accord, that choice should be available to everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Prominent journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono has been subjected to ridicule by some individuals on social media after he received the Sinopharm COVID-19 jab on Tuesday. Chin\u2019ono shared his photos getting the shot on social media, prompting his critics to mock him for allegedly receiving a vaccine he has spoken against in the past. 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