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Let us not only celebrate emancipation from slavery but from COVID-19 also

Aug 04, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – I read an article posted on the News Room Facebook page about a health care worker who lost the battle of life to COVID-19 because they were unvaccinated and the two doctors who are critical…again with COVID-19. This is disheartening as we the citizens of this beautiful country would expect our health care workers to lead by example. I recently had an encounter with 30 plus health care workers and sad to say; only six reported that they had received at least one shot of the vaccine. Health care workers are our essential workers and I can’t fathom what would impede them from being vaccinated. They, of all citizens, know how real the Coronavirus is. I have been vaccinated and I am happy I did. I did it because I have a responsibility to protect myself, my children and everyone that I come into contact with. I am begging my Guyanese brothers and sisters to get vaccinated. I call upon the Opposition Leader to reach out to your supporters and encourage them to be vaccinated. The government is doing its best to ensure that preventative vaccines are available, let’s make the best of this opportunity. I am sure the people in Haiti wish they had access to the vaccines.
As we celebrate another Freedom Day, do what our ancestors would have expected of us. Please don’t politicise the importance of saving lives.
My condolences to the relatives of those we have lost to COVID-19, I wish a speedy recovery for those hospitalised and those suffering from COVID-19 long haul…my prayers for this suffering to end soon. Please get vaccinated…if you don’t want to do it for you…think about your loved ones and those who grieve their loved ones who are not here because of COVID-19.
Fellow Guyanese as we celebrate Emancipation Day 2021, let us not only celebrate the emancipation from slavery but from COVID-19 also.

One love
Shaundell Shipley

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