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  • Sara

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    February 18, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    Q1:

    I agree with Mahdawi about the two main obstacles she mentions in her article that are responsible for slowing down the eradication of the Covid pandemic. But I think it is more complex than that. For instance, there are many places in the so called poor countries were the vaccines are waiting to be administered and getting spoiled because people are afraid to be inoculated due to all the disinformation and superstition created around them. Also, many people around the world are seeing vaccination as an affront to their liberties, instead of a means to protect them. Furthermore, they think the vaccines were developed too soon to be fully tested, as if they knew how long it took to develop other vaccines we have been getting for years ( smallpox, measles, polio, etc.) that have saved so many lives. All this is the result of too much unfiltered information that makes people believe they master all kind of topics instead of relying on the experts. It is always easier to say that Big Pharma is the villain, but thanks to them we got a vaccine in record time.