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While the roll out of various vaccines has been a cause of hope for many, others remain skeptical and there is an uneasiness over what is being considered the most promising solution to the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Prime\u00a0 Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that Dominica should get one of the vaccines by April, and his government is determined to purchase enough doses to be able to vaccinate every adult who wants it by August of this year.<\/p>\n
With the level of vaccine hesitancy among many people, Skerrit stated his government will not make taking the vaccine mandatory but urged as many people as possible to get it when it becomes available.<\/p>\n
PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne and Trauma surgeon based in the US, Dr. Dangleben, have both, from a scientific standpoint, advised Dominicans to take the vaccine.<\/p>\n
In this segment of\u00a0 Z\u00f2w\u00e8y a t\u00e8 (ear to the ground), Dominica News Online (DNO) went out into the streets to hear from citizens on whether or not they would take the vaccine.<\/p>\n
A number of persons were randomly approached, here are the responses f those who were willing to speak to us.<\/p>\n
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Jason – <\/strong>\u201cTo be honest I will be taking the vaccine as soon as it\u2019s available, despite its possible side effects. As an international student, I long to go back to the US to continue my study in person and I think the only way to keep myself safe is by taking the vaccine\u00a0 so I\u2019ll be doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n Roger <\/strong>– \u201cI will not be taking the vaccine because this was too rushed. In one year they supposedly found a cure for one of the greatest pandemic but so many illnesses like cancer and aids for years these people claim to be trying can\u2019t come up with anything. Well I will be taking my chances without the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n Myrtle-<\/strong> \u201cThe only way I will be taking the vaccine is if the Prime Minister tells us from which country he is receiving the doses and as long as he and his entire cabinet take the vaccine first. This must be an open and honest process if the Prime Minister wants us to take the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n Shannon-<\/strong> \u201cI will get the Covid-19 vaccine because it is the closest thing to us returning to normal and eradicating the virus. Personally I\u2019m fed up with using masks and having to social distance and not do the fun little things that we took for granted before. I understand that people have their concern about the vaccine but I\u2019m more concern about the virus being around for another year.\u201d<\/p>\n Moses-<\/strong> \u201cWell if everyone takes the vaccine there will be no need for me to take it. I don’t trust these things or the people or the countries they are made in.\u00a0 These people created the virus now they want to give us something to kill what they created. Not me.\u201d<\/p>\n Leandra-<\/strong> \u201cWe have enough local remedy in Dominica to kill corona so there is no need for the Prime Minister to get poisons to inject in us. All the local herbs and bushes these are the things we should be promoting and eating healthy, not no vaccine that will kill us faster.\u201d<\/p>\n Rodney- <\/strong>\u201c I will take the vaccine once it is available but vaccines alone will not end the pandemic. People need to remain vigilant and continue to adhere to basic preventative measures like physical distancing, wearing masks and handwashing. All the activities which are being held right now are not needed because if we are not careful in Dominica we will later regret it like many other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n Andrew- <\/strong>\u201cI think we need to watch the effects of these vaccines on the bigger countries before we start distributing it in Dominica. As of now I will not take the vaccine but later down when we know the side effects and the manufacturers have passed their trial and error phase I would take it then.\u201d<\/p>\n Jasmine-<\/strong> “We’re in a life threatening pandemic and the vaccine is our only defense so I will most definitely be getting my shot when it\u2019s available.\u201d<\/p>\n Mandel-<\/strong> \u201c Well in Dominica my chances of surviving Covid seem great but I don’t know about those vaccines. More studies need to be done and more information need to be out there before I sign up for the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the roll out of various vaccines has been a cause of hope for many, others remain skeptical and there is an uneasiness over what is being considered the most promising solution to the pandemic. Prime\u00a0 Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":257718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[265,282,11,17,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-covid-19-news","category-general","category-health","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n