Grenada will this week receive its first allocation of Covid-19 vaccines under the COVAX arrangement which seeks to accelerate the development and manufacture of Covid-19 vaccines and promote fair and equitable access for countries around the world.
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the shipment of 24,000 doses will arrive on Wednesday, 7 April. Grenada is one of several Caribbean countries that will receive the AstraZeneca vaccines this week.
The additional vaccines come at a time when Grenada is ramping up its vaccination programme across the country.
In his recent address to the nation, Prime Minister Dr the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell cited vaccination as the key to getting Grenada to the post-Covid chapter.
He said, “Vaccination holds the key to any possible return to life as we knew it. If we fail to get on board, we run the risk of being left behind as the rest of the world goes back to normal. Some countries are already identifying vaccination as an entry requirement for visitors; some airlines are making vaccination mandatory for travellers and as the cruise industry prepares to set sail again some cruise lines are already outlining vaccination requirements for both passengers and crew.”
The Prime Minister who has already received his first dose of the vaccine, encouraged everyone who meets the eligibility criteria to get vaccinated. He said, “I urge you to protect yourself, protect your loved ones, protect your neighbours, protect your country. We are all in this together, therefore we must all work together to safeguard our people, our country, our future.”
To date, more than 10,000 Grenadians have been vaccinated. The uptake is slower than health officials would like, but the Ministry is continuing its education campaign and increasing the number of locations where the vaccine can be obtained.
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Damn these anti-vaxxers.
If you have no immunity and get symptomatic COVID there is between 0.5% and 1% chance you will die of COVID. You could also infect friends and family and the same applies to them.
If you get vaccinated there is around 0.00005% chance you will die of reaction to it and the chance of dying from COVID after vaccination drops by around 95%
Do the maths. Get the shot. Save yourselves and others.
I am not anti vax but…..why would anyone in their right mind take an Experimental DNA altering drug cocktail, that have not been tested yet have been exempted by politicians from minimum vaccine standards and legal liability for deaths?
SarsCov2 is nothing new, its the same old Sars from 2003 which many people already have natural T cell immunity, for a virus thats a threat to just 0.03% over people most over 80 years old. How did we survived these past 18 years with Sars?
Now, many old people died after various CV19 vaccination in Jan and Feb, and some women (one five months pregnant) aborted or lost their baby. These are life threatening risks that have not been made clear because their is no data
Its 2021 Grenada should have stocked up on Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, simple well known medicine for Malaria and Head Lice that kills SarsCov2 virus in just 4 days. Also the Grenada Health should hsve supplied cheap Vitamin C, D3 and Zinc which fully boost the Immune system rather than short expensive term Antibodies drugs which last about approx 8 to 16 weeks before its gone and you need another MNRA booster injection. All over the world a lot of evil psychopaths are using SarsCov2 to exercise power and make money. Grenada have its share also.
So take your experimental drugs for a bogus manufactured crisis that an evil parasitic oligarchy are exploiting for money and power.
The fact is… until Any of these EXPERIMENTAL drugs have been objectively tested…they are risky.
Fast tracked and exempt from prosecution is not confidence building. Act in haste….regret at leisure.
Experimental Vaccines that focus solely on reducing symptoms and maybe short term Antibodies are never as good as our God given Holistic Natural Immune System, that can easily be boosted with simple foods and supplements like Vit A, C, D3, Zinc, and even yes… Marijuana etc.
COVAX is GAVI and WHO pushing Western big money MRNA drugs like Pizer and Azstrazeneca Chimp MRNA experimental vaccine, that have caused deaths in old people who had previously survived CV19 before they were injected in January and then passed.
Russian Sputnik is made from Corona Virus and Chinese Sino Vacs and Sino Pharm is made from actual SarsCoV19 virus which is probably better compared to gene altering MNRA vax. We dont know.
There have also been cases of deaths in Brazil from those injected with Sino Vacs.
We need truth and transparency and open source data on all these Vax, how they are made, all side effects, all deaths etc. Fast track and exempt from prosecution is not confidence building. Act in haste….regret at leisure. No tyrannical forced Vaccine or Health passports.
Personally I will not be taking any of these experimental drugs, no matter what our tyrannical politicians say or do.
You ass. You need to acknowledge the health issues with this vaccine right now. It is NOT SAFE for anyone 18 – 50 years of age. It has proved safe for those over 50 and up to the 90 yrs old. It is especially NOT recommended for young women using oral birth control.