Dayo Ojerinde
Virologists have advised the Federal
Government against the procurement
of COVID-19 vaccine at the moment,
saying it is unnecessary to introduce
it now to Nigerians.
A virologist at the Nigerian Institute
of Medical Research, Prof. Rosemary
Audu, in an interview with our
correspondent, said there would be
no need for vaccine if 70 per cent of
the population in the country had
developed antibodies against the
virus.
She said, “We do know that so many
people have been infected; we’ll like
to know whether we have herd
immunity already. Do people have
antibodies? Do they have protective
immunity already? What percentage
of the population has the immunity?
“If we have up to 70 per cent of the
population who have developed
antibodies towards the virus, then we
would say we’ve had herd immunity
and may not necessarily need the
vaccine. That is something that I’m
sure within the next few months we
should be able to tell.
“NIMR is conducting an epidemiology
survey where we are checking
citizens for their antibody levels to
this virus. I’m sure very soon, we
would be able to advise whether the
vaccines will be useful for us or not.”
The Director, Human and Zoonotic
Virology, College of Medicine,
University of Lagos, Prof. Sunday
Omilabu, in an interview with our
correspondent said it would be
dangerous to introduce COVID-19
vaccine to Nigerians at the moment.
He said, “There is something in us
that is mitigating the virulence of the
virus in our body. We may like to call
it a kind of immunity that we enjoy
through our environment. This is
coming to us as an advantage; we
have that herd immunity now, if
anything comes in now, it may derail
what are benefiting from.
“For us, I would suggest that they
allow people to still use their herd
immunity which they are enjoying
and is a natural gift. They should
concentrate on those few people that
have some medical conditions that
have made their level of herd
immunity very low. The vaccine is
dangerous now because we don’t
know how it is going to behave in the
long run.”

https://punchng.com/its-dangerous-to-introduce-covid-19-vaccine-in-nigeria-now-virologists/

Who cares if they do
Hell or high water" nobody will force me to get the vaccine

What's stopping them from knowing all this while?

ok

they just the further confuse us