Taking vaccines has been a part of my life since childhood, I can say I am lucky to have educated parents who don't believe in crazy rumors and I'm still grateful to God Almighty for keeping them alive till this moment.
My Mom was a teacher in the primary school I attended so most vaccinations the government runs while the school was on session will be giving to me in school in the presence of my Mom. Please where will a teacher's child run to when others pupils are taking immunization?🤣
Also if the immunization was held during the the holiday. It will meet I, my siblings and my Mom at home too, so no route of escape.....trust African Mothers nah you can't misbehave, it's a must for you to cooperate if you don't want wahala.🤣 So I can't avoid taking vaccines when I was a child either through injections or mouth drops.
So as a grown up now, most times when there are outbreaks of disease and the government is vaccinating people for its control, I visit the nearest health care center to get vaccinated so as to safeguard myself. I've already learnt that health is wealth so I don't take chances at all and I'm not afraid of taking injections or using drugs when necessary.
But what usually baffles me is how people neglect vaccinations all because of some untrue theories that they heard from someone about the vaccines. Hearing some crazy talks about vaccines made me realize that some people are just mere containers, they aren't living beings at all.
There was a time the FG was vaccinating woman on Hepatitis B, could you believe a grown up woman was discouraging me from collecting the vaccine. I asked her the reason behind the discouragement, she said she heard the FG was trying to do population control so the vaccine can make a lady barren.
She vividly told me that she had told her children not to collect any vaccine at that particular period. I couldn't believe what I heard, I looked at her with a horrible eye then walked away without saying a word. As in, I just left her with her crazy belief because I don't even know what to say, I collected the vaccine then left the place peacefully.
That was one of the craziest things I've heard in my life, I couldn't fathom what I heard that day......it's was strange! Apart from the woman's crazy theory, I've heard a lot of crazy stuff about vaccines and I can't imagine where it's all coming from.
Many people forget that diseases are real, see the way Covid19 dealt with the whole world, who can imagine just a virus will keep the world indoors for months. I do pity people that fake vaccines card or medical report, I count them as people that doesn't value their health. Never have I fake a medical report, I dare not!
So once I see any vaccination exercise taking place, I take time to see medical personnel to learn about its importance and those people the vaccines are meant for to know if I'm eligible to partake in it. I love myself and I can't do anything that will jeopardize my health.
Although vaccines aren't perfect but prevention is better than cure. So I take vaccinations seriously and I try my best to tell people around me the importance of been vaccinated.
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