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that she could be exposed to Covid-19 anytime. Her
family and friends told the same. She feared taking it both our shots of Pfizer.” He said.
home to her kids and family. She said, “initially, I did
not want the vaccine but later I was like I will be so I did not get a single caller stating that they
much more at risk and put others at risk because of are still hesitant about taking the vaccine.
me as I am around, a lot of old people and others It may be that they have all changed their
who are fragile.” minds after the crazy situation in India,
where people are dying of Covid-19.
One of the listeners Kunal Patel who believes in A lot of our community have been hit
vaccine said that the vaccine is a Bonus to the body. close to home. The number of fatality
There are side effects which you will only know once rates have gone high. Also, to have a
you get it and you might have only mild symptoms. normal lifestyle, this is the only solution.
But if we take it the vaccine will only help.
Nevertheless, we are lucky to have the
Mr. Margesh said that he and his wife have taken vaccine so soon.
the vaccine. He had an analogy of the vaccine to Moreover, one thing is clear that
a raincoat/umbrella. For him it is like a precaution. unvaccinated people could form a deadly
“If you are out in the rain you will get wet but with a reservoir of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, able
raincoat you are likely to get less drenched than you to restart outbreaks. We need a level of
would be without one. “
protection known as herd immunity, which
Dr. Ameet, a health care professional mentioned experts estimate will require between 60
that all his family members who were eligible got and 90 percent of the population to be
it and he would highly encourage all the listeners vaccinated or have antibodies resulting
to take the vaccine “I do understand the rapid from infection.
development and politics behind it. But if you study Article by: Navneeta Khemka (Based on
the research and the scientific data. The bad side the radio caller’s response to the topic
effects are extremely rare. Very minor too. I do and her research- on her show Hit Hai
encourage. Irrespective of what kind it is one should to Bajega every Mon-Thurs 6-8 pm on
definitely take the vaccine.” He also mentioned 104.9 FM Funasia Radio)
that it might need modification, and we might need
boosters perhaps down the road which we will know
eventually.

Mr. Phani had a little theory that there
are generally two factors why people
choose or not chose to take the vaccine.
What they believe to be true and what
reinforces them. How much ever
research is shown to the 2nd kind who
might be hesitant at first, the influencers
impact their decision. These influencers
are in their local circles, social media,
WhatsApp group etc. They might behave

according to their influencers. “We took

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