There are currently only 40.1% of the population in England who have had their full vaccine, leaving roughly 60% Unvaccinated. The thought process of some of those of those who are for and against the vaccine will be uncovered.
Evie Renee Barraclough a 21-year-old student from Bradford, West Yorkshire and, living in London, gives her controversial take on Coronavirus and the vaccine…
“People have too much trust, its easy to say, ‘its stupid to mock vaccines’ but have they actually done research into it? The media is making things worse, making us scared and fear weakens your immune system this is leading to people in general to become more ill and their mental health deteriorating. I reckon this virus could be a way of making more money or be a way of depopulating. I understand the use of a vaccine to get rid of diseases but to get rid of a flu? When the swine flu pandemic began the vaccine came out very quickly without no proper testing and because of this 245 people reported to the GP, mainly children, that they got narcolepsy, these children couldn’t finish their GCSE’S and now will not have stable jobs for the rest of their lives. Bill Gates has obviously been very topical with the whole conspiracies around vaccines, on the Children’s Health defence Children’s Health defence.org which is run by Robert F Kennedy junior, there is article on this site which says that Bill Gates and World Health Organisation. But their DTP vaccine killed more children in Africa than the disease itself and I just don’t understand how that isn’t up in the news. This is a very controversial, but I believe there is a depopulation agenda.”
Hibo Mohammed a 25-year-old from London, working in Leicester as a Junior Doctor, gives her opposing views on the vaccine…
“Covid has affected my life by not being able to see friends and family, at the moment I’m working in oncology and the workload has been an emotional toll with patients dying from cancer and then on top of this Covid. Data has been difficult, there has been misinformation put out there by the internet especially on social media. There is a General mistrust when it comes to the vaccine, this is trying to be combatted by spreading the correct information and giving people in the vaccine, we need to be aware that even when you do get the vaccine you must follow social distancing because the vaccine won’t stop you from getting Covid, people are sceptical and think ‘why has it been developed so fast’? I trust in the people who have made the vaccine and the processes we have. I don’t question or doubt the vaccine, I’ve had it myself and I am absolutely fine. Social media has been great during this pandemic, brought people together during these unprecedented times, it also was the way the government was able to give us the correct information in terms of what to do during the pandemics and how to protect one another.”
Kane Barnett a 20-year-old Model from London, expresses his views against the vaccine…
“The truth is the natural order of things. The vaccine is metaphorically the devil, the pandemic just feels wrong. I am very healthy and when I choose to not wear the facemask it is because I am exempt from this Bullshit. They will probably impose on us that we must get the vaccine and We won’t have certain rights, which is wrong, and I disagree with this. They’re convinced that they’re doing the right thing and protecting people by control aspects of our lives. Social media is the tool to spread fear into doing stupid things. I read an article that the vaccines were intended on being tested on blacks, browns and Mexicans. Coercing specific races by giving them a ‘privilege’ of getting free doses of the vaccine but really, they’d rather kill them off. Most minority groups don’t even want to get the vaccine and it makes sense.”
Marcia Jones a 53-year-old women working for charity organisations in South East London states..
“I don’t believe in Covid or the word. The body has a healing mechanism and knows how to heal itself once you are consuming the right things. Because of this I will most certainly not be getting the vaccine. I believe that Covid is just a common cold, the country is overpopulated and the vaccine will essentially decrease the population. Social Media is scaremongering the country to do as they are told. The government relies on social media to spread this propaganda.“
Asma shelly, a 55-year-old Escort working for the borough of Lewisham explains the difficulties she faced with choosing whether to be vaccinated…
“It was a scary time for me and my family, I was afraid that something would happen to us all. I kept watching the news and seeing that the death toll was increasing rapidly. There was a time that my friends and family would send me videos which contained information about the ingredients of the vaccine, many saying Pigs DNA was one of the ingredients. As a Muslim, this is haram. But along with this I was sceptical about the vaccine in general , I am not entirely sure why exactly, but I know many around me were also against it and it built a fear around it. However, what changed for me was that I had friends and family who also received the vaccine and seemed to be fine, it was becoming more accessible and common for those around me, so this put my mind at ease. Everyone had so much time to scroll through social media, creating unnecessary grief for us all and feeding us into lies. As a key worker, I have had my first dose so far and am fine, I would highly recommend it so we can get our life back to normal.”
It is not just social media reminding us, it is all around us
Walking around London capturing the street art…
Walking into shopping centres, train stations or in general anywhere in public spaces there are measures put in place to prevent Coronavirus from spreading. We are constantly made aware of how serious this virus has become. Social media has played a big role in where we get our information. But when the reality of the pandemic became too overwhelming on screens it was almost impossible be distracted when out for our daily walks.
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