RELUCTANT INDIVIDUALS ON COVID-19 VACCINE

We all know that this pandemic has made us suffer a lot and that many lives have been taken
from us, According to the World Health Organization (WHO),"6.7 million people died worldwide,
and there were 663 million total cases." This was last reported on January 6, 2023. In our fight
against the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines have also been a great help in preventing its spread.
With the continuous efforts of our scientists in the production of the COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration has approved the first COVID-19 vaccine, which is known as the
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. Over time, many vaccines against COVID have become
available worldwide and have reached the Philippines. There are people who dare to volunteer
to be vaccinated first to help others. Participants in Moderna and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine
trials told CNBC in September that they were experiencing high fever, body aches, bad
headaches, daylong exhaustion and other symptoms after receiving the shots. Many individuals
were frightened after hearing the news about the effects of the vaccine on the bodies of those
who first tried and volunteered to be vaccinated with it. This is where people start to hesitate
about having a COVID-19 vaccine. Patsy Stinchfield, a nurse practitioner at Children's Minnesota,
suggested that "authorities and drugmakers approach to present the side effects more
positively. She suggested that they use words like "response" instead of "adverse reaction."
People should follow the authorities' orders and get vaccinated to protect our bodies from the
virus and prevent its continuous spread around the world. People need to listen carefully to
what medical professionals are saying and not listen to or believe in uncertain news that is not
true.

The government and authorities all over the world came up with a solution to overcome people's
fear of the COVID-19 vaccine so that we could fight and protect ourselves. They begin to engage
medical professionals in the COVID-19 vaccine advocacy campaign. The information campaign
about COVID-19 emphasizes the main goal of vaccination and addresses vaccine side effects so
that people will not be terrified if they feel something on their body after being vaccinated.
Based on the survey conducted by CAREC, 72% of their respondents in 7 countries showed trust
in treatment recommendations by medical professionals. There has been a lot of misinformation
surrounding vaccines and their development, which has caused many people to avoid vaccines.
During the pandemic, many people spent their time online because it was the only way to
connect with other people. There have been many theories and non-scientific claims on social
media that have confused people's minds and caused many people to dislike and still doubt the
vaccine. This false information misleads many people from the truth and is one of the problems
that prevent vaccination worldwide.
Everyone should get vaccinated for the sake of their families. The vaccine will help us fight
against COVID; this is not our enemy that should be feared. With the help of our medical
professionals and the transparency of the companies that produce vaccines against covid and
the cooperation of the WHO in clarifying and providing information to people that they should
not be afraid when our body responds to the vaccine. “We really need to make patients aware
that this is not going to be a walk in the park,” Dr. Sandra Fryhofer said a medical expert. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) talk about the benefits of being vaccinated;
they say there are many benefits to getting vaccinated against COVID-19. It prevents serious
illness. The COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at protecting people from getting seriously
ill, being hospitalized, and dying. Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is a safer, more reliable way to
build protection than getting sick with COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccines can offer added
protection to people who have COVID-19, including protection against being hospitalized from a
new infection. As with vaccines for other diseases, people are best protected when they stay up
to date with the recommended number of doses, including bivalent boosters when eligible. The
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. The COVID-19 vaccines have been tested on tens of
thousands of people in clinical trials. The vaccines met the Food and Drug Administration’s
(FDA’s) rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality needed
to support emergency use authorization (EUA). Millions of people have already received the
COVID-19 vaccine, and adverse events are rare. A lot of fake news is spreading on social media
about the COVID-19 vaccine, which is not good, and it has overshadowed the truth because of
people's lack of knowledge about it, so they are quick to believe it.

We have nothing to fear now that the COVID-19 vaccines have been proven to be safe and
effective, and everyone should get vaccinated because we have nothing to lose, and it will even
help strengthen and protect our bodies. But now that people have calmed down and many have
also gotten vaccinated, little by little the condition of each country is improving and recovering
from the damage caused by the pandemic. People have nothing to fear about the vaccine. But
being vaccinated does not allow us to disregard health and safety protocols. We still need to be
careful, sanitize, and follow the health protocols to protect ourselves from this spreading disease
and to ensure our health because our health is our wealth.
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