This News Anchor Went On Live TV And Ranted About Anti-Vaxxers And Anti-Maskers

It's no secret that COVID-19 infections are reaching record highs in many parts of the world. And in Mexico specifically, "cases have increased by 286% from the average two weeks ago [and] deaths have increased by 50%," the New York Times reported.

While the circulation of the Omicron variant has made breakthrough cases more prevalent, data from the UK Health Security Agency said that three doses of a vaccine "provided an estimated 68% drop in the risk of being hospitalized with Omicron compared with people who were unvaccinated."

And despite the data, there are still many out there who refuse to get vaccinated when given the option — or, at the very least, wear a mask. This is where Leonardo Schwebel — a presenter for Mexican news program Telediario Guadalajara — comes in.

He recently went viral on both Twitter and TikTok after he went on a rant during a live taping of the show and called out unvaccinated people. Just before the start of the clip below, he said, "Freedom doesn't give you the right to screw others."

He continued, "You damn anti-vaxxers, gaggle of morons. Stop with your bullshit and at least put on a goddamn mask. And stop hitting the breaks for the entire world."

The clip finishes with, "Yes, you anti-vaxxers, you are a moron. Put on a mask!"

While his rant obviously became controversial among anti-vaxxers, many came out in support of him as well, with this singer saying, "In this world, I am Leonardo Schwebel."

Leonardo recently appeared on Telemundo's Hoy Día to discuss the aftermath of his rant. He said, "I've received a lot of congratulations. I've received a lot of threats. I've received a lot of accusations. A little of everything. The important thing is that the debate is open, Telediario Guadalajara put it on the table. And well, maybe we have to say it this way, screaming like crazy, however you want to qualify it. But you have to say it, and you have to put the debate out there."

He went on to say that the threats do not scare him, but that he is more cautious on the street because when he's brought up this subject in the past, he's been spit on in another person's attempt to "infect" him.

He went on to say, "You can't convince a fly to become a bee. The flies stand on poop and the bees stand on flowers. It's impossible to convince them. It's not a matter of conviction. When this matter of the pandemic began, and all the conspiracy theories started, no one, not one scientist from the World Health Organization or wherever else, had enough strength to finish this debate. It kept growing and growing." He then went on to discuss just how dire the vaccination rate is in Gualadjara, as well as the infection rate in Mexico as a whole.

And when asked to give a message to Latinos in the US who either refuse to get vaccinated or spread false news about vaccines, Leonardo said masks should be distributed and shared for free by the government, which will happen soon in the US. He finished with, "Don't fight with anti-vaxxers. Dumb people will keep being dumb their whole life. The point is we need to put the matter on the table. We need to discuss that the World Health Organization is being overrun, ONU (Naciones Unidas México) is useless. Governments are accomplices to this situation" and then went on to call out Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for not wearing a mask to events and hosting gatherings.

In conclusion, Leonardo said what he needed to say.

Telemundo / Via youtube.com

Watch his whole interview with Hoy Día below: