As part of our discussion on external benefits we will be looking at vaccine for our pandemic - Covid

You will

pick one of the subtopics listed below, expand on it and give a live link to articles that support your position. Please include in your post information presented in the article and give your own view.

You should give us a live link (hyperlink) to an article that supports your position. Use information from the article in your post.

- explain, in your own words, how vaccines are an external benefit and show the benefits to individuals and society ( economic growth, jobs, production, profits....

- benefits of vaccines in the US (how much have businesses lost because of the confinement when dealing with the pandemic

- what are the reasons why some do not want to be vaccinated and what will be the consequences of that? Give your opinion on that.

- should schools and universities expect their students to be vaccinated before coming to campus?

- benefits to our country  when giving vaccines to help other countries - India is a good example.

- profits of companies- do they have to share the patents for their vaccine?

 

Reasons For Avoiding Covid-19 Vaccine

Vaccines have been a debate topic over the years with people holding divergent views on their benefits and hazards. This has remained with the current Covid-19 vaccine with many people still avoiding the vaccination process (Robson, 2021). The issue of vaccination has been a highly debated topic in different media channels which has caused harm to the vaccination process.

            People are reluctant and do not wish to get vaccinated. The number of reluctant citizens is estimated a 20% in the United Kingdom, 50% in Japan, and a whopping 60% in Frame. The reluctance is a result of acts of ignorance on the threat posed by the Covid-19 virus. This reluctance has been associated with social influence on media. The choices are being done in challenging circumstances with more negative social media influencing individuals’ decision to avoid vaccination.

Citizens tend to be highly undecided and are not interested in taking the Jab injection while others are led by actual fear. Many people cite the fear of needle injection as a cause of vaccination avoidance. These are psychological fears with which have been caused by bias on the nature and performance of the vaccine.

            People's perception of the accessibility of the vaccine has also slowed uptake. People's perception is that it's hard to access a vaccine and tend to be discouraged in efforts of being vaccinated. The systems being used are complicated with prioritization of high-risk groups which reduced people respond to the vaccination process

The drug I also unavailable in some regions and the lack of vaccine convenience has reduced search efforts for vaccination. Poor in some communities and regions need to Strule to get vaccinated. While there are numerous employment and income challenges, many find the vaccination centers less convenient and may not get vaccinated.