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Vaccination with data and rationality

2022-02-10T23:17:06.047Z


On Wednesday (9th) in Niu Tau Kok, a mother and son had a dispute for some reason. Police arrived at the scene to investigate and found that the two brothers and their mother suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital by ambulance.


On Wednesday (9th) in Niu Tau Kok, a mother and son had a dispute for some reason.

Police arrived at the scene to investigate and found that the two brothers and their mother suffered minor injuries and were later taken to the hospital by ambulance. According to reports, the cause of the incident was related to the new crown vaccine.


The elder brother involved was not vaccinated against the new crown, and before the incident, his younger brother persuaded him to get an injection as soon as possible because of the government's expansion of the "vaccine passport" program.

Some have called the incident the first drop of blood under the "Valley Needle" measure.

This is undoubtedly an isolated incident, but why, at the peak of the fifth wave of the epidemic, there are still people who refuse to be vaccinated?

The vaccination center at the Ruinsted Gym reopened after the New Year's holiday, but no crowds were seen.

(Photo by Zheng Zifeng)

There are still people who misinterpret the value of vaccines

The vaccination program has been in place for a long time, and more than 70% of the public has completed the first dose of the vaccine, but there are still various comments on the Internet that refuse to be vaccinated.

But comparing different data, in fact, many claims can be self-defeating.

One of the more popular sayings is that "everyone gets the virus if they get vaccinated, so no one needs to get vaccinated."

Although vaccination is not 100% immune, by reducing the chance of infection, slowing down the spread of the virus in society and reducing the number of infected people, the whole society will ultimately benefit.

Furthermore, vaccines can help avoid severe discomfort in those diagnosed, the so-called severe illness.

According to the latest recommendations issued by the Hong Kong Medical Association last month, compared with unvaccinated Omicron patients, people who have received two and three doses of the vaccine have a lower risk of hospitalization, especially for those who have completed three doses of the vaccine, the risk of hospitalization is even higher. Significantly reduced by 80%.

The recommendations of the Medical Association are based on data, and should be viewed rationally by the public.

In addition, some people have made the statement that "the new crown virus is like a weak flu", trying to convince others that the new crown vaccine does not need to be vaccinated.

Although the death rate of the new crown epidemic has declined over time, as of last month, more than 5 million of the nearly 400 million people infected worldwide died, with a mortality rate of 1.54%, and the proportion in Hong Kong was similar.

1.54% is more than ten times higher than the influenza mortality rate of 0.1%.

Furthermore, a study by the Faculty of Medicine of CUHK analyzed the conditions of 106 patients with COVID-19 and found that up to 76% of patients with COVID-19 developed at least one sequelae within six months of recovery. It can be seen that even different virus variants are still far more dangerous than influenza.

As for the side effects of vaccination, the authorities have received more than 6,000 reports of abnormal events, a rate of 0.07%.

Most of the discomforts involved are high blood pressure, chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, headache, etc.

Even if a citizen dies 14 days after being vaccinated, each case is checked by experts to see if there is any evidence that the vaccine was the cause.

The Hong Kong Medical Association and the Academy of Medicine have all called on the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible. It can be seen that the vaccine is sufficiently safe, and the benefits to protecting the health of the public outweigh the disadvantages.

Anti-vaccine rhetoric is just a weapon against clearers

What's more, some netizens have recently proposed that they should deliberately infect and spread the disease to achieve herd immunity. Therefore, citizens should not get vaccinated to hinder the spread of the virus.

But such remarks clearly ignore the danger of the virus to the public, especially the elderly and chronically ill.

On Thursday (10th), a 94-year-old citizen who was diagnosed with the Omicron variant virus died. She was a chronically ill patient and had not been vaccinated against the new crown.

It is easy for us to take a stand first, and then find a way to justify it.

But for the good of society as a whole, everyone should do their best to avoid posting uncertain news.

When the medical community almost unanimously agrees that vaccination is more beneficial than harmful, and even some doctors who have often criticized the government in the past called on the public to get injections as soon as possible, it can be seen that vaccination is a scientifically based consensus.

Hong Kong people have always advocated rationality and science. In the face of the epidemic, they should be more right than wrong.

In the face of false and irrational skepticism, the government, experts and even every citizen should try their best to clarify and explain the benefits and considerations of vaccination with more scientific evidence.

Distributing more epidemic data effectively relieves social doubts The theory that vaccines are useless is untenable

Source: hk1

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