SINGAPORE - A Covid-19 vaccination is not risk-free, but the risk is small, and a person in fact puts himself, his loved ones and society at higher risk by not getting a jab, experts said at a Straits Times Reset webinar, The A-Z of Covid-19 vaccine, on Thursday (Dec 17). It s not a matter of saying, if I do nothing, we re okay. The weighing is really not between the vaccine and nothing, but the vaccine and the disease, said Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, director of the high-level isolation unit at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and a member of the Ministry of Health s Covid-19 Vaccine Expert Committee.
A Covid-19 vaccination is not risk-free, but the risk is small, and a person in fact puts himself, his loved ones and society at higher risk by not getting a jab, experts said yesterday at a webinar on the A-Z of Covid-19 vaccines, part of the Straits Times Reset series.
“It’s not a matter of saying, if I do nothing, we’re okay. The weighing is really not between the vaccine and nothing, but the vaccine and the disease,” said Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, director of the high-level isolation unit at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and a member of the Ministry of Health’s Covid-19 Vaccine Expert Committee.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There are some groups of people who should wait to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, including those with a history of severe allergic reactions, said a panel of experts on Thursday (Dec 17).
Serious allergies usually refer to people who, in response to a specific stimulus such as a bee sting or medication, experience swelling around the mouth, eyes or face, have difficulty breathing or experience a serious drop in blood pressure, said Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, the director of the high-level isolation unit at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.
Others who belong to certain groups such as pregnant women, immunocompromised persons and those under the age of 16 should also hold off on receiving the shots, as large-scale clinical trials have not involved such volunteers.
SINGAPORE - It is not new for vaccinations to have indemnity and no-fault compensation mechanisms in place to protect both the individuals and companies, while allowing millions to have access to the vaccines.
This looks set to be applied to Covid-19 vaccines as well, with Pfizer obtaining indemnity from the British government against any incidents as countries worldwide start securing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for their people.
Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries president Ashish Pal said at a Straits Times Reset webinar, The A-Z of the Covid-19 vaccine, on Thursday (Dec 17) that this is not new for vaccines. You really want to get to a point where you have a very, very effective use of your resources - people and dollars - so that vaccines are actually administered and populations start to acquire immunity. To achieve that, you want to look at two different mechanisms in place - indemnity and no-fault compensation, he said.
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(From left) Mr Ashish Pal, managing director for Merck Sharp & Dohme in Singapore and Malaysia; Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, director of the high-level isolation unit at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases; Professor Ooi Eng Eong from Duke-NUS Medical School; and The Straits Times senior health correspondent Salma Khalik at the webinar yesterday.PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
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