Ableist pandemic response is abhorrent
Pretending that the COVID-19 is over is the latest assault on the rights of vulnerable people in society.
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Pretending that the COVID-19 is over is the latest assault on the rights of vulnerable people in society.
"...vaccine-hesitant individuals have a substantial impact on the pandemic trajectory, which may challenge current efforts to control COVID-19. In order to prevent such outcomes, addressing vaccine hesitancy with behavioural interventions is an important priority in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic."
No, WHO has not said COVID-19 no worse than the flu
By ANGUS McNEICE in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-04-01 09:24 Share CLOSE A man receives an injection with a dose of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, at a vaccination centre in Baitul Futuh Mosque, amid the outbreak of COVID-19, in London, Britain, March 28, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] The death rate from COVID-19 could be close to nine times greater in nations where large numbers of people refuse inoculation, according to a new report that quantifies the cost of vaccine skepticism. Vaccine hesitancy has the potential to "thr...