EDITORIAL As Covid-19 continues to dominate our daily lives, there’s a surge in contradictions regarding the vaccines currently being distributed and administered globally.Here at home, every Tom, Dick and Harry has their own version of how the vaccines work. From claims of fertility impairments to alteration of DNA, the perpetrators of myths are busy in the kitchen. Comedy Central stuff!
Of course, we should not swallow every innovation hook, line and sinker, but when lies are invented to discredit the efforts of men and women who worked around the clock to save the world, it’s simply sickening.
The spread of false information about the vaccines risks not only the success of vaccination campaigns, but public health in general.
Although our concern and worry over the virus is not misplaced, the most useful thing people can do at this stage is to stick to trusted sources of information like the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organisation and reputable media outlets.
This will protect us from the irresponsible rumourmongers and people who use this time of crisis as an opportunity to sell things or inflame emotions.
It is time to step up to the plate as humans and see how we can assist authorities to succeed in defeating Covid-19 once and for all. One way of such assistance is to shut up instead of evangelising about things we know nothing about.