21/02/2021
With the publicly available information, evidently the COVID-19 pandemic has reached nearly every corner of the globe. Discussions with people/friends in medical professions and my walk of Faith, I would have been the staunch individual to say ‘NO to take the COVID-19 vaccine. And disregard which big pharmaceutical company that develops it. However, life is a serial of trade-off, and the test is that I have to have it if I intend to travel when some countries may open up their borders. Besides, I don’t have an option not to take it. Being a TCM practitioner, I received our MOH (Ministry of Health) notice to respond. Finally, by the Singapore government’s grace, it is free for all whoever would want it.
It says that the key to getting the pandemic under control is to immunize a critical mass of the world’s population. And the vaccine is the way. We all know that’s not physible and most unlikely unless we are back into the days of Noah (Genesis)’. Besides, all vaccines must go through rigorous testing for effectiveness and safety before they get approved for public use, a process that typically takes eight to fifteen years. Take, for example, the vaccine for HIV/AIDS that is still not made publicly available. Within one year into the pandemic of COVID, multilateral organizations, governments and private firms have spent billions of dollars to fast-track the development of close to a dozen vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, and Sinopharm is unprecedented.
Regrettably, all fast-tracked vaccines are up against a new set of challenges, including the new dangerous variant of the virus, global competition over a limited supply of doses, public hesitation about vaccines and the pricing of the vaccine. After the injection, I had to wait for 30 minutes. Then the gracious nurse handed me a certificate to indicate that I finished the vaccine’s first dose, including a long ‘to make’ list if serious side-effect happened that disturbed me a great deal. After all, something alien is inside my system, and I don’t know what it is? I had my share of sleeplessness for two nights till Psalm 91 comforted me. Psalme 91:10‘ no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent. 11 For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
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