Myths about after-effects of vaccination should be dispelled, say activists
At a conference of activists belonging to Makkal Nala Iyakkam (People’s Health Movement) of the Tamil Nadu unit, held virtually on Monday, several field workers called for increasing awareness on the spread of COVID-19 infection and vaccination.
The workers said among the lay public in the rural areas and among those with lower resources and poor education there was very little awareness about the seriousness of the infection. Such people needed to be given priority and protected, they said.
Several of them had concerns about the after-effects of vaccination. Some of them said as reports of people experiencing adverse reactions were shared among the community others hesitated to take the vaccine. A field worker said her father had refused the vaccine and advised her also to not get inoculated. Activists including Ameer Khan, N. Suresh and Dr. Gandhimathi dispelled the myth regarding vaccination and urg