A CELEBRITY recently asked in an Instastory why the elderly need not be vaccinated against Covid -19. Milan?” she said (“Actress causes stir by questioning need for vaccination”, The Star, July 16; online at bit.ly/star_stir). This means if we don’t vaccinate the elderly fast enough we are potentially shortening their lives. Furthermore, if the elderly become infected, they would, in turn, infect their caregivers and loved ones and trigger an uncontrolled avalanche of infections. Therefore it is clear that the elderly rank with the frontliners in the need for vaccination against the virus.

Source: The Star July 17, 2021 00:11 UTC