Letters to the Editor: Vaccinations are Still The Bahamas’ Best Bet to End the Pandemic

Letters to the Editor: Vaccinations are Still The Bahamas’ Best Bet to End the Pandemic

Dear Editor,

We are enjoying a gradual reduction of Covid-19 restrictions in The Bahamas. That is a good thing to be celebrated.

We should remember that Covid-19 is still present and new variants are still developing and spreading around the globe. The impact of the virus lingers across our country.

Some have lost loved ones. Many of us have friends or family who are still feeling long-term effects of the coronavirus.

Former Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands.

Vaccination against Covid-19 remains an important tool. Around the world, 21.3 million vaccine doses are administered daily. Now that more than 11.7 billion doses have been given, we have data that confirms them to be safe and effective, The Bahamas’ vaccination rate hovers at approximately 50 percent despite their ease of availability.

Choosing not to take the Covid-19 vaccination is choosing to willingly gamble with your health, especially if you have a pre-existing condition like diabetes or high blood pressure.

Experience has shown that combating the impact of the coronavirus is predicated on action – particularly positive actions that promote getting vaccinated. Now Is The Time, a campaign recently launched by Templeton Religion Trust, prompts that action – encouraging Bahamians and residents to get vaccinated.

The campaign shares the stories of real people who talk about why they decided to take the vaccine. Everybody must find their own reason to be vaccinated, whether it is to protect their own health or that of their family or loved ones.

Medical professionals have been sharing facts about the vaccines. People can choose to believe them or not. However, in a small society like ours, hearing someone you know talk about their fears about getting the virus while they were unvaccinated – is very powerful. For others, hearing the stories of the stress that it caused the families of Covid-19 patients is even more meaningful. We can all relate to that!

Perhaps we have been through the worst of the coronavirus pandemic; if true, that is indeed something we should celebrate. Realistically, worldwide data suggests that we are not yet out of the woods. I believe that the Now is the Time campaign is necessary to remind us that we still need to take positive action to protect our health. We all want to return to the freedoms that we enjoyed before the onset of this once-in-a-lifetime virus.

It is my hope that we will continue to encourage each other to obey the health protocols and get vaccinated.

Dr. Duane Sands
Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon, former Member of Parliament, and former Minister of Health

 

2 comments

By all accounts Dr. Sands is an excellent surgeon. Research however is not his thing. Dr McCullough who was just is Nassau a few weeks ago is a cardiologist who sees patients and has published numerous research papers. He disagrees with the above propaganda. See his speech at optimistbahamas dot com. The Lord surely wants Dr. Sands to do heart surgery and not push the Gates depopulation agenda.

Why are we still pushing waxzinations when the people who made them are saying that the waxzines did not work that was the reason for the boosters. My logic would be bypass the waxzines and push the boosters, but it doesn’t work that way. Naw Pfizer saying you need 4 boosters, sad thing is the majority of the people who got they shot decided against the boosters. Please someone, anyone make it make sense.

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