[ 2021-02-28 ]

Residents of Ho peddle conspiracy theories against COVID-19 vaccine
Residents of Ho Municipality have expressed
resentment about the deployment of the COVID-19
vaccines that arrived in the country for fear of
side effects and conspiracy theories of
depopulating the black race.








They raised religious concerns and the possibility
of the vaccine altering their DNA
(deoxyribonucleic acid) among others.

Mr Setriakor Gagakuma, Ho Municipal Officer,
National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE)
embarked on a campaign to demystify the conspiracy
theories built against the COVID-19 vaccine.

The campaign took place at the main central
market, the various lorry stations and some
communities.

He explained to the various audiences that the
conspiracies were untrue and when stretched on the
tape of empirical and scientific truths would not
stand the test of time.

The Municipal Director after allaying the fears of
the populace, encouraged the groups not to be wary
of adhering to the safety protocols saying "it's
our best bet till a permanent cure is formulated
for the disease."

He said in spite of the arrival of the vaccines,
the best remedy still stood in the name of masking
and social distancing as any reckless lifestyle
could jeopardise the efforts at curbing the spread
of the virus.

Professor Fred Newton Binka, Epidemiologist and
Public Health Physician said the theories were not
based on empirical facts and should be debunked.




He explained that the vaccines could not alter
DNAs saying the vaccines communicated with the
immune cells to produce proteins to attack the
virus and also to kill them.

The former Vice Chancellor of the University of
Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) said side
effects were the same as other vaccines children
take, pain and swelling at the site, headache and
nausea, diarrhoea, weakness of the body, which
sometimes lasted for a maximum three days, were
normal features.

"As for the sterility issue, it is unthinkable
nonsense."

The Government of Ghana took delivery of 600,000
AstraZeneca doses of COVID-19 vaccines and set to
deploy the doses to health facilities and
designated centres from March 2 for vaccination

Source - GNA

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