A US-based Nigerian medical doctor has encouraged the usage of approved COVID-19 vaccine as she received her first dose of the jab in America on Wednesday, December 16.
Akpezi Oshobe, who has been working in COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, said she is one of the first 100 people to take the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Ohio, USA.
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On why she promptly took the vaccine, the frontline doctor said;
I thought of all the lives lost, death certificates I had to sign and families that have been forever affected by this horrible disease.
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She advised people protect themselves by getting the vaccine, saying;
Don’t be hesitant. Take the vaccine. Protect yourself.
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This comes as former US presidents, Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton pledged to get publicly vaccinated for coronavirus in order to promote the safety of the vaccine.
There have been skepticism towards the approved coronavirus vaccine as many Americans say they will not agree to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
A poll by Gallup, released in mid-November, showed that 42%of the country would not take the vaccine even if it was “available right now at no cost”.
Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM radio, said he would be inoculated if top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci signs off on a COVID-19 vaccine.
On his part, Freddy Ford, Bush’s chief of staff, told CNN the former president also wanted to help promote vaccination.
Ford said;
First, the vaccines need to be deemed safe and administered to the priority populations. Then, President Bush will get in line for his, and will gladly do so on camera.
Angel Urena, Clinton’s press secretary, also told CNN that the former president would also be willing to take a vaccine in public on television to encourage people.
