Staff reporter/ Taha Asadi
Over the past few months anti COVID-19 vaxxers around the world have come out in protest against the vaccine regulations implemented in their countries. These protesters get together without respecting any of the COVID-19 protocols and put many lives in danger.
These protesters have many things that they’re mad about and want to be changed, for example the anti vaxxers in Vancouver who came out in protest were unhappy about the laws implemented for unvaccinated citizens like the one which restricts people without vaccine passports from entering public areas such as restaurants Protest against vaccine passport snakes through Vancouver – CityNews Vancouver. These protesters are strongly against the idea of vaccinating themselves against COVID-19 and they have their own reasons why, but the only problem is by doing this they are putting the lives of countless individuals at risk. Especially with the new Omicron variant spreading rapidly, the gathering of mass crowds especially unvaccinated ones is not beneficial for anyone in the community. These people are selfish individuals who don’t care about the safety of their fellow community members. By not taking the vaccine they are putting their lives and the lives of others around them in danger, but also by advertising and promoting the idea of not getting the COVID-19 vaccine they are making an enormous impact on how severe this virus can be. Anti vaxxers don’t realize how selfish they are being and when all scientific and medical experts have approved the vaccine, they are sticking to their conspiracy theories and meanwhile spreading the virus. Anti-vaxxers: What does history teach us about vaccine hesitancy? (yahoo.com). The mentality of not getting vaccinated comes from a lack of education and a sense of wanting to standout because most of the people who have come out in protest to the vaccine mandates don’t have medical or scientific education to back up their claim but rather stick to the conspiracy theories they have read online .Anti-vaxers tend to be uneducated and ignorant – THOSE WHO KNOW NOTHING MUST BELIEVE EVERYTHING (edzardernst.com).
Understanding the significant impact that unvaccinated people have on our day to day lives with COVID-19 is especially important for both sides of the argument. It is important for them to understand how many lives they are putting in danger and what a negative impact they have. It’s important for them to realize that they need to start listening to the facts and not the conspiracy theories that they have viewed.
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Sources: Protest against vaccine passport snakes through Vancouver – CityNews Vancouver
Anti-vaxxers: What does history teach us about vaccine hesitancy? (yahoo.com)