Vaccine fatigue, distrust behind low booster take-up, says think tank
Health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa has urged the public to get their second Covid-19 booster doses in light of the spike in Covid-19 cases in China.
PETALING JAYA: A think tank has urged the government to find ways to convince people to get booster vaccine injections against Covid-19.
Azrul Khalib, CEO of the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy, told FMT he believed vaccine fatigue and distrust of the Covid-19 vaccines were the main reasons for reluctance among the public to get the booster shots.
He said Putrajaya would have to figure out how to persuade people to get the jabs since it could not force them to do so.
“We have the vaccine supplies, the infrastructure and the experience from the previous vaccine programmes,” he said. “The problem is convincing people to get vaccinated again.
“It is essential to remind everyone that with this disease and the vaccines that we’re currently depending on, boosters are necessary, especially if your primaries are the inactivated virus vaccines like Sinovac.
“People need to know that not being vaccinated or boosted is equivalent to gambling with their lives and those of their loved ones.”
Former deputy health minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said those who were immunocompromised and had a high risk of Covid-19 complications should be told to get their second booster doses as soon as possible.
Speaking to FMT, he said a second booster might not be necessary for those who were healthy.
“But there has to be a caveat for those who are immunocompromised, patients who are on steroids or who have cancer or blood disorders,” he said. “Their immunity is weaker and they should receive the second booster.”
Last Sunday, health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa urged the public to get their second Covid-19 booster doses in light of the spike in Covid-19 cases in China.
She noted that 49.8% of Malaysians had received their first booster dose but only 1.9% took their second.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the two main Covid-19 variants accounting for nearly 80% of mutations found in China have been detected in Malaysia.
As of Dec 31, 4,148 people in the country have been infected with BA.5.2 and three infected with BF.7.
PETALING JAYA: A think tank has urged the government to find ways to convince people to get booster vaccine injections against Covid-19.
Azrul Khalib, CEO of the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy, told FMT he believed vaccine fatigue and distrust of the Covid-19 vaccines were the main reasons for reluctance among the public to get the booster shots.
He said Putrajaya would have to figure out how to persuade people to get the jabs since it could not force them to do so.
“We have the vaccine supplies, the infrastructure and the experience from the previous vaccine programmes,” he said. “The problem is convincing people to get vaccinated again.
“It is essential to remind everyone that with this disease and the vaccines that we’re currently depending on, boosters are necessary, especially if your primaries are the inactivated virus vaccines like Sinovac.
“People need to know that not being vaccinated or boosted is equivalent to gambling with their lives and those of their loved ones.”
Former deputy health minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said those who were immunocompromised and had a high risk of Covid-19 complications should be told to get their second booster doses as soon as possible.
Speaking to FMT, he said a second booster might not be necessary for those who were healthy.
“But there has to be a caveat for those who are immunocompromised, patients who are on steroids or who have cancer or blood disorders,” he said. “Their immunity is weaker and they should receive the second booster.”
Last Sunday, health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa urged the public to get their second Covid-19 booster doses in light of the spike in Covid-19 cases in China.
She noted that 49.8% of Malaysians had received their first booster dose but only 1.9% took their second.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the two main Covid-19 variants accounting for nearly 80% of mutations found in China have been detected in Malaysia.
As of Dec 31, 4,148 people in the country have been infected with BA.5.2 and three infected with BF.7.
We are at least 1 year plus after the full vaccination rollout of the Pfizer and Astra Zeneca vaccines.
ReplyDeleteBased on the warnings circulated by many on-line experts at the time, by now we should be seeing thousands of people who received those Western vaccines dying like flies by the roadside in Malaysia and around the world.
Wakakakaka…
DeleteStill game on promoting yr twisted lies about bad-mouthing those Pfizer and Astra Zeneca vaccines!
If u do follow yr fart, u would have notice that the long Covid syndromes from these western vaccines r still slumbering amongst those vaxxers.
Ooop… u r famously known for been know nothing about any news that's r bad about yr anmokausai favourites!
A British MP called for the suspension of Covid mRNA vaccines after presenting research that they are ineffective, harmful and unnecessary :
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An eminent British cardiologist, Dr Aseem Malhotra, who was a strong vaccine advocate, had now exposed the deadly causal effects of the mRNA vaccines. His interview with Redacted host Morris Clayton was blocked on MSM and Youtube, but he had another interview with Tucker Carlson ( yes, Fox News ! lol) which one could watch if it wasn't taken off :
https://youtu.be/w3MPnBpfrRk
Headline : " Pfizer knew their vaccine would kill"
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