Stop misinforming people on vaccine

THE current levels of misinformation, abuse and dangerous activities in Papua New Guinea that are related to the Covid-19 vaccine, conspiracy theories and politics has reached a level that highlights the real danger it presents to our future.
Those faceless people who spew their crazy and unfounded claims from behind their keyboards have no genuine basis to their claims.
Most are enjoying themselves by creating mayhem and fear for those who buy into their rhetoric.
They love the attention from a spirited debate with those they’ve misrepresented or defamed.
It’s all about content and views, or to feel important.
It’s got nothing to do with helping oneself and the community getting somewhere.
They’ll always use the same argument of exercising their “freedom of expression” and free speech right.
The real issue is when this free speech is clearly false, misinformed, hurtful and dangerous.
That’s when it stops being about free speech and more about protecting people from other people.
Just as we want to protect people from hurting others, we need to find ways to protect our communities and each other from the growing dangers of social media.
Perhaps all the anti-vaxxers should be loaded in a plane and sent to India to help over there.
If the Covid-19 is fake and vaccination is a scam, they should have no problems working in a Mumbai hospital for a while. If 300 million people have been vaccination across the world, how is PNG a testing ground?
If the vaccination is so dangerous to everyone, how is the rate of serious side effects actually lower than the rate for other vaccines we happily take to protect from common illness?
The same people who spin these ridiculous conspiracy theories are probably drinking, smoking, driving cars, chewing betel nuts, eating unhealthy food – all high-risk activities that are more likely to result in illness than any vaccination.
PNG, let us start to fight against all of these selfish and greedy people who only have their interests at heart.
Speak to real experts, consult with the science, challenge what people are telling you and make informed choices.
And let’s try to get social media to help spread messages that benefit all of PNG.

PNG Deserves Better