The turning point in Iraq: “If Moqtada al-Sadr gets vaccinated, I’ll do it too!”

BAGDAD. Moqtada al-Sadr gets vaccinated, and suddenly all of Iraq rushes to get vaccinated. The Shiite political and religious leader has been the best known protagonist on the Iraqi political scene for years: a week ago he decided to get vaccinated, and to publish a photo of him with his arm uncovered and the nurse administering the dose. “If Sadr says the vaccine is good, then the vaccine is good, and we get vaccinated,” his faithful or political followers have said.