Dear Editor,
I’m fully vaccinated and, no, I don’t know what’s in it – neither in this vaccine, nor the ones I had as a child, nor in the Big Mac, or cocktails and wine, or other treatments…whether it’s for cancer, Aids, for polyarthritis, or vaccines for infants or children.
I also don’t know what’s in Ibuprofen, Paracetamol, antibiotics, or other meds – they just cure my headaches and my pains.
I don’t know what’s in the ink for tattoos, vaping, Botox and fillers, or every ingredient in my shampoo or even deodorants. I don’t know the long-term effect of mobile phone use or whether or not that restaurant I just ate at really used clean foods and washed their hands.
In short, there’s a lot of things I don’t know and never will.
I just know one thing: life is short, very short, and I still want to do something other than just going to work every day or staying locked in my home. I still want to travel and hug people without fear and find a little feeling of life “before”.
As a child and as an adult, I’ve been vaccinated for mumps, measles, polio, chickenpox, and quite a few others; my parents and I trusted the science and never had to suffer through or transmit any of the said diseases, and I’m vaccinated not to please the government but:
*To not die from Covid-19.
*To not clutter a hospital bed if I get sick.
*To hug my loved ones.
*To not have to do PCR or antigen tests to go to a restaurant, go on holidays, and many more things to come.
*To live my life.
*To see and hug my family and friends.
*For Covid-19 to be an old memory.
*To protect us.
Malcolm Lebby,
Armação de Pêra
