What is the truth about the video in which a Lebanese doctor claims to receive the Corona vaccine?

With the launch of the Corona virus vaccination campaign in Lebanon, and in light of the spread of conspiracy theories skeptical about the vaccine and the reality of the Covid-19 epidemic in the first place, a video clip is emerging. appeared on social media sites that allegedly showed a Lebanese doctor claiming to receive the vaccine to deceive people. But the doctor received the vaccine, but returned to the scene so that journalists could photograph him.
The clip shows a man in a medical uniform wearing a muzzle, and next to him is a nurse who puts a needle on his arm, but she does not insert and squeeze it to empty its contents. This is what video reviews have used to challenge the validity of the vaccine and vaccination efforts to fight the Corona virus.
“The doctor is making fun of the Lebanese people”, the comments accompanying the video on social media, and some of the posts ended with the phrase “Because I love life, we are not a ground for your experiments”.
What has been stated in these posts intersects with a prevailing view among conspiracy theories supporters, which is based on skepticism about the vaccine and the existence of the Corona virus in the first place. AFP journalists have already worked on a widespread social media connection in the Arab world.
The post gathered hundreds of posts on websites and posted on WhatsApp, and AFP journalists in Beirut received it from more than one source.
This came hours after the start of the vaccination campaign in Lebanon, an economically and politically exhausted country whose health facilities and medical staff are under great pressure.
Who is the doctor in the video? According to journalists from the AFP office in Beirut, the doctor in the video is Rabih Shaheen, the chief of medical staff at the Beirut government hospital.
Did doctors in public hospitals really get the vaccine or did they pretend to? According to AFP correspondents and photographers who were at the hospital when the vaccination began on Sunday, the head of the intensive care unit, Dr Mahmoud Hassoun, was the first to receive the vaccine.
AFP photographers confirmed that nurses injected the vaccine recipient and then emptied the contents of the needle into the arm normally without any confusion, as shown by the injection by the head of the intensive care unit, Muhammad Hassoun .
Why doesn’t the nurse inject Doctor Rabie Shaheen in the video then? In contact with reporters from the health investigations service of Agence France-Presse, Doctor Rabie Shaheen explained the circumstances of what happened.
He said: “I got the vaccine yesterday (Sunday), and we realized an hour later that we hadn’t documented the time, so we decided to film this clip in an effort to encourage people. to take the vaccine, but the video, unfortunately, spread in a different context. “
As medical teams found themselves under enormous pressure in the face of the sharp rise in the number of injuries and deaths due to the epidemic, the doctor added: “We who have been living in the hospital for months understand more than the need for this vaccine. “
He continued, “The vaccine is safe and effective. Millions of people have taken it around the world, and it would stop the spread of the epidemic, but despite this, we cannot force anyone to take it.”
Have similar incidents occurred around the world? Often, celebrities, doctors or officials around the world have been injected with Corona vaccine or other vaccines and then returned to the scene in front of the lenses of journalists unable to capture the first scene.
For example, this was done with the chief infectious disease expert in the United States, Australia and others. These clips were used by fake news editors and conspiracy theorists to stab the vaccine.