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Docs avoiding vaccines sends wrong message to society

 Rohit Shishodia
Apprehensions about the safety of Covid vaccines have increased to such a level that healthcare workers, including doctors, are not coming forward to get themselves vaccinated even at their own working places.

Delhi State Cancer Institute Director Dr BL Sherwal and Delhi Medical Council President Dr Arun Gupta have made an emotional appeal to doctors, nurses and paramedical staff that they should take the vaccines and be prepared to fight the corona battle further.

It is understood that 100 healthcare workers are scheduled to take the vaccines every day at this hospital. But only 20 or less healthcare workers are getting the vaccines at the hospital in a day. This has caused worries to the higher authorities and they have stepped in to boost the vaccine drive at DSCI, which had to be shut down after an outbreak of corona infection in March 2020.

Dr Sherwal and Dr Gupta provided psychological counseling to healthcare workers to allay their fears of vaccination. Both the doctors pointed out that doctors not getting the vaccines is sending a wrong message in the society. If doctors are not taking the vaccines, people would not take them either and there will be escalated apprehension in public, they opined.

Dr Arun Gupta pointed out that if doctors don't take vaccine shots now, they would not be able to get the vaccines later because then others are expected to take the jabs.

Clearing doubts about the safety and quick approval of the vaccines, Dr Sherwal stressed that all the modalities related to the vaccines were fast tracked. "You have to trust our scientists and the system," he added.

The Institute director further said that nothing has been jumped in trials. All requirements have been done in the trials. Trials have been conducted on thousands of people. Are they not human? he questioned. Related to Covaxin, he informed that the findings of the third phase trials results are likely to be published in mid February 2021.

Dr Arun Gupta said, "If you now take the first dose of the vaccine, it will take two months to develop the antibodies."

The hospital has created a "Vaccination Selfie Point" where those who have taken the vaccination can then take a selfie to post on their social media.


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