The govt are complaining that many seniors are not getting the jabs and came up with stereotype reasons, fear of side effects. Why don't they admit the real reasons why many seniors refused to get their jabs?
Fear of side effects of mRNA vaccines is true but only part of the problem. Many would not mind getting the jab using Sinovac. But for some queer reasons, the govt is adamant in refusing to use the Sinovac vaccine and forcing the seniors to go to private clinics to get jab and to pay for it. And it is not cheap for the seniors, two jabs at $25 means getting poked twice and having to pay $50 for the pain.
Think, you millionaires may not think too much of $50. But it is a lot of money for the seniors to pay. When is the govt going to admit their mistake in discriminating against the seniors and making the jabs free for the seniors like the mRNA vaccine? The seniors would not mind signing an indemnity form to absolve the govt from the side effects of the Sinovac vaccine. This is a choice that the seniors made and would be responsible for their own actions. Can you hear that?
So why is the govt stubbornly refusing to use the Sinovac vaccine for the seniors when the seniors would not make the govt responsible for any side effects? And with more than a billion people worldwide using this vaccine, and with some Singaporeans that cannot use mRNA vaccines already jabbed with the Sinovac vaccine without any severe side effects, it is puzzling to see why the govt is playing tough.
If the govt is serious in wanting the seniors to get their jabs, just do it and stop putting obstacles in their path. It is the govt that is making it difficult for the seniors to get their vaccine jabs, not that the seniors are hesitant or refusing to get the jabs. It is the govt that wants everyone to be jabbed, including the seniors. You want the seniors to be jabbed and you want them to pay for it?
Getting a jab is not only to protect the seniors but also the community, and to allow the govt to open up for foreigners to come in. The govt wants the seniors to get jabs so that they can open up the country. And they provide free mRNA vaccine jabs that are more expensive but want the seniors to pay more for cheaper Sinovac jabs? Is the govt trying to make the seniors look like suckers?
By making Sinovac free like mRNA vaccines, many seniors will be queuing up for the jabs. No need to sweat the small stuff. No need to go knocking door to door. Save the effort. It would be pointless, they would still not go for the jabs and having to pay for $50 for them.
PS. If getting the seniors to be vaccinated is so important, why make the seniors pay for the jabs for Sinovac vaccine? Should not the govt be paying for it for the good of the community and the economy? Asking the seniors to pay so that the govt can open up the economy and country? What kind of logic is that? Xiao lang logic?