THAT is the question. To be vaccinated or not? If so, why so? If not, why not?
COVID has been with us for one year and we make light of it. Of course, there are people dying from it and we weep in memoriam…but this virus can’t hold us down.
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We thirst for a bottle of Red Horse and go to the store. “COVID-COVID.” This is the Pinoy bahala na attitude, which the virus fears most. I’m just cheering you on…but also be careful and continue drinking…thru your facemask.
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Now, at last, the vaccine is here. There are many to choose from – Pfizer, Moderna, Abrenica, J&J, the Chinese Sinovac…and the Pinoy KickVac. The side effects, however, is habit-forming and incurable. But you only get infected in government offices.
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Our city administration has called for compulsory vaccination of city employees which is an aggressive program to hasten the departure of the virus. This has been done in other countries; no vaccine, no salary.
These are difficult times which call for difficult decisions. Though at first blush this policy may seem a bit forceful or oppressive, I am for it as this is the only sensible draconian measure to save lives.
Those who refuse to be vaccinated harp on their sublime freedom of choice. True. But freedom is not free. It is always subject to the imprimatur that you can do as you wish…provided, you do not cause any harm, damage or injury to another.
You have the right not to be vaccinated but you do not have the right to serve as a conduit to infect others. In this regard, for the better, the State steps in and flexes its constitutional authority under the General Welfare clause which governs all civilized nations.
This individual freedom or liberty of choice falls and fails before the State’s constitutional prerogative to promote and protect the safety of its citizens..
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Consider this…the virus lives only for 10 days, then dies and carries with it to the Abecia crematorium its unlucky human host. Those who are robust and have strong resistance stand a fair chance of survival, not the elderly with underlying diseases such as eczema, halitosis, poverty, and bad manners.
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The vaccine stops the virus, thus denying it illegal entry. Remember, the virus can only continue its infectious rampage as long as there are many vulnerable human hosts who remain un-vaccinated.
Once vaccinated, the strength and infectious capacity of the virus is curtailed, until it shrivels upon reaching its life expectancy of 10 days.
If the vaccine stops it even for a month, the interim period will be sufficient to curb the virulence to cause further harm.
So, let’s get vaccinated. Don’t believe that rubbish “side effects” notion.
Your doctor has been telling you the bad effects of drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco. So, following doctor’s orders. We should stop drinking and smoking. But we still do. Who can resist a nice sip and snort? Unfortunately, the doctor dies ahead of us.
There are no palpable side effects of the vaccine. Forget it. The loud mouth of your mother-in-law is more painful than a prick. And the side effects of Sinovac is harmless…you only howl at midnight and piss with your right leg raised.
Let us comply and abide with the city’s drive to have the populace vaccinated. City employees should be vaccinated considering the volume of business at city hall; it is for your own good and the public that visit; and this action of our Chief Executive can only be appreciated as a gauge of his love and concern for the people he serves.
So…get pricked. I mean also the men./PN
