Edgar Ramirez reveals his aunt, uncle and two dear friends have died from COVID-19

Just under a month after revealing that his grandmother had passed away from COVID-19, actor Edgar Ramirez offered another heartbreaking update that his aunt and uncle are now also deceased from the virus.

The 44-year-old actor is from San Cristobal, Tachira, Venezuela, revealing that his deceased Venezuelan family members and friends were not vaccinated because they do not have access to the vaccine in his home country.

The Jungle Cruise star also lost her aunt Nidia’s brother-in-law, Rafael, whom he called a “dear friend”, and his Venezuelan agent and dear friend Laureano recently, as he pleaded with his fans and supporters. get vaccinated and protect vulnerable people.

‘Please read this post carefully. It’s the most painful and intimate thing I’ve had to post in my life, but I think it’s important to share it, ”Ramirez began in the caption of his post.

“Sometimes I feel like it’s a nightmare I’m going to wake up from, but I know it’s not. That it’s as real as air that it’s hard for me to breathe right now, ”he said.

The actor also posted a 10 minute interview with Dr Anthony Fauci in which we discussed vital information on how to deal with COVID 19 and the urgent need to get vaccinated, especially those of us who have the chance to have access to a vaccine.

“No one with access to a vaccine should die from COVID 19. Please read this information, watch the interview and please share it. Thank you very much, Edgar, ”the actor concluded.

The post itself was a passionate statement spread over a number of images, which began: “Unfortunately, the miracle did not happen. After horrific agony, my Aunt Lucy passed away on Saturday. stabilized for a few days and in just a few hours my uncle Guillermo collapsed and passed away on sunday.

He added that COVID took both of their lives in less than 24 hours and that they didn’t even collect his aunt’s ashes when they had to cremate his uncle.

Then just another day later, he learned that his aunt Nidia’s brother-in-law, Rafael, had died on Monday, after months of battling COVID.

The actor added that they died a month and two days after his grandmother Bertha succumbed to the virus and four months after his Venezuelan agent and good friend Laureano died of COVID.

“My heart can’t just take more pain. I am sad, I am frustrated, I am devastated. It has been weeks and weeks that my family has been played, tortured and shaken by this cruel, treacherous and violent disease which ended up killing them all without mercy, ”he added.

He added that he refused to let these “waves of despair take root in my soul” and that none of the deceased had been vaccinated, adding: “None of them 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 don’t want them,” Ramirez continued.

He added that 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.”

He then made a passionate appeal to all who are capable of getting vaccinated, to do so, if not for themselves, but to protect those who are vulnerable around them.

‘Don’t do it for yourself. Do it to protect those who are vulnerable, those who have immune deficiencies and everyone else who can get very sick if they get infected, ”he said.

Ramirez added that “everyone agrees” that those who are not vaccinated “carry more of the deadly virus and can transmit it more quickly” than those who are vaccinated.

He added that getting the vaccine is “an act of compassion”, before mentioning his interview with Dr Anthony Fauci, which he also posted on his Instagram page.

The actor said he hoped the conversation with Fauci could serve as a “starting point” for those who are reluctant to get the shot.

“Finally, I encourage you all to follow the science and truthful information and please, please, PLEASE… If you can, get vaccinated, so you can help. save those around you, ”he concluded.

Ramirez’s Yes Day co-star Jennifer Garner also reposted her post on her Instagram Story, adding, “My dear friend’s story @ edgarramirez25 is incredibly heartbreaking and too important not to be shared.”