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Dmitry Peskov commented on an open letter from doctors of leading Russian hospitals treating coronavirus patients, including Denis Protsenko, the head physician of the State Clinical Hospital No. 40 in Kommunarka, in which they invited well-known opponents of vaccination, including State Duma deputies Zyuganov, Sergei Mironov and singer Yuri Loza, to visit the “red zones”, intensive care and pathology departments.
Political scientist Sergey Kurginyan, the leader of the rock band “Alice” were also among those to whom the doctors turned.&Konstantin Kinchev, actress Maria Shukshina, actors Egor Beroev and Oscar Kucera, singers Natalia Vetlitskaya and Katya Lel.
“We are aware. We evaluate it very positively,” Peskov said, answering the question of how the Kremlin assesses this initiative.
The Kremlin speaker noted that Russia is no different from other countries of the world: both here and in other states there is a limited circle of people who are pessimistic about vaccines and buy certificates for bribes, which is a crime.
“This is a fixed circle of people. There are not so many of them, but there is such a layer,” Peskov said. He added that it is to such people that the appeal of “our heroes-doctors” is addressed.
According to Peskov, there is hope that the indisputable authority of doctors will help at least one of the anti-vaccinators to change their point of view.