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A Dose of Vaccine: A Dose of Hope

Persons with Disabilities and Acces to Covid-19 Vaccination, International Disability Alliance, Retrieved from  https://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/access-to-covid19-vaccination


    The worldwide spread of the Coronavirus last year is becoming more deadly as time goes by. Deaths are ranging from hundreds to thousands of deaths in a day in most parts of the world. This has been going on for a year now and finally, researchers have developed a vaccine to prepare our immune system in case it is exposed to the actual virus. The vaccines that were manufactured and are being distributed out to hospitals for patients interested in vaccination has an average of 90 to 95 percent efficacy rate, so getting myself vaccinated as well is not so bad considering the efficacy rate of the approved vaccine.

    Traditionally, developing a new vaccine from scratch would take up to 5 to 10 years depending on the amount of information the researchers have about the virus. Viruses such as smallpox took centuries before the first vaccination was done. Some people may not know that even before the virus has spread globally, researchers of Oxford University has been preparing for every possible scenario of a virus outbreak, just like what happened in 2014 due to the Ebola outbreak, to be 10 steps ahead in case this happened again in today’s case, the Coronavirus outbreak. The researchers from Oxford also participated in the manufacturing of the vaccine that contributed to the fact that it only took them 10 months of manufacturing instead of the traditional 10 years. Individuals are torn between being anti-vaccine activists and vaccine-hesitant. They might think that it is rushed and question it. They can also argue about the vaccine being deadly for children and pregnant women because it is not advisable for them to get the vaccine, which is understandable. However, the real question should be “Why did it even take 10 years to develop a vaccine when it could be done in 10 months?” This just proves that Science has really improved throughout the decades and how so much can be done with international collaborations to prevent a global pandemic.

    Moreover, the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna, it used a new technology where the RNA given is the genetic code that creates a protein in the body that alarms the immune system of the Coronavirus if ever encountered and disappears quickly as it is fragile. The vaccine does not contain any toxic chemical like mercury or aluminum or dead virus which is how some other vaccines work. Furthermore, In the case of children and pregnant women not being advised for vaccination is not because it is deadly, instead, researchers have no full efficacy data for ages under the age of the recommended age group. Whilst for pregnant women, they were not included in the clinical trial however, they can still, go for a vaccination with the guidance of their doctors weighing the risks when they want it.       

    The vaccination for COVID-19 is not mandatory and we can, not participate in it, although it is advisable and recommended for at least 75% of the population to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. Subjecting yourselves to vaccination does not mean being a guinea pig for the scientists because it does not contain a virus like any other vaccine developed. Lastly, it is to help the nation and our own system to be aware of the deadly virus.



References:

Hope in the time of Coronavirus, Cornerstone of Recovery, Retrieved from https://www.cornerstoneofrecovery.com/hope-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-how-to-find-it-and-where-to-get-it/

Persons with Disabilities and Access to Covid-19 Vaccination, International Disability Alliance, retrieved from https://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/access-to-covid19-vaccination


Coronavirus, World Health Organization, Retrieved from https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_1

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