There may be something known as second opinion, but the professionals are the best to advice in their respective fields. Last Monday, I was advised to take the COVID vaccine, now that I am 60 and also due to the sheer number of people with whom I interact with.
Without a second thought on the advice given by the doctor, I directly proceeded to the vaccine centre at the Goa Medical College in Bambolim and took my first dose of Covishield. It was a very smooth affair and the arrangements there were impressive. However it would have been nice to have had that vaccine in our very own Ribandar Health Centre.
On a sad note, it is awfully nauseating that in this pandemic, the BJP has stooped very low to even try and seek political mileage over the COVID-19 vaccine by their stage managed ‘Tika Utsav’. The Swaach Bharat Abhiyan which was launched on Oct 2, 2014 amidst much fanfare has miserably failed because instead of being a people’s movement it ended up being a political one geared and manipulated by the BJP.
