Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Antivaxx Central?

I have heard, privately, that Ukranians are quite relaxed about the Covid-19 pandemic (I suppose they have got other things to worry about?). I was still surprised, however, to read that 47% of the citizens of this country, do not want to receive a vaccine to counter the virus (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ukraine-idUSKCN2AT2EY). This sentiment, apparently, extends to some of their doctors, who have skipped their own appointments to receive the vaccine. This has resulted in some vaccine having to be discarded. Ukraine received 0.5m shots of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, made and donated by the Indian government. The evidence that this (and other) vaccines work exceedingly well is accumulating globally. This antivaxx sentiment needs to be overcome, before (it would only be a matter of time), the world is exposed to a 'Ukranian variant' of Covid-19.

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