Srinagar 20 January (KNB): Doctors’ Association Kashmir (DAK) Wednesday said the vaccine is the only way to stop the prevailing Covid19 pandemic.
As per the statement, President DAK and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan said “Vaccinations would bring an end to this ongoing public health crisis.”
“In order to get back to normal, we need enough people to get vaccinated,” he said, adding that the sooner we get more people vaccinated, the sooner we start reliving our lives.
“If people want business as usual, their kids back in school and playing sport, they should roll up their sleeves and get Covid19 vaccine.” the DAK President said, “Covid19 vaccine is the biggest gift science has provided to humankind. The discovery of a “safe and effective” vaccine in less than a year is an extraordinary achievement in the history of science.”
He further added that vaccines are one of the great modern triumphs of public health and are the best tools to prevent disease and death while referring to how vaccines had eradicated diseases like smallpox and polio.
“We have the vaccine now. We can breathe a collective sigh of relief. The Covid19 vaccine would protect people from infection and prevent them from getting seriously ill even if one gets the virus,” said Dr Nisar.
He said that getting vaccinated will also protect people around us, particularly people at increased risk of severe illness from Covid19.
“There is a need to build trust in people about the safety, effectiveness and importance of the vaccine. However, thousands of healthcare workers in Kashmir have received the shot and no major adverse effect has been reported,” he said.
He urged authorities to take strict action against those who spread rumors and misinformation about vaccines. He further said that people need to be booked for promoting anti-vaccination propaganda and there is an urgent need to penalize social networking sites for uploading false information regarding the vaccine.
“Misinformation has the potential to create public skepticism over Covid19 vaccine which could undermine our fight against the Coronavirus pandemic,” he added. (KNB)