{"id":56501,"date":"2021-11-18T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T22:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialink.org.nz\/legacy\/?p=56501"},"modified":"2021-11-18T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T22:44:11","slug":"growing-divide-between-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialink.org.nz\/legacy\/blog\/2021\/11\/18\/growing-divide-between-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing divide between vaccinated and unvaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"People need to fight the Covid virus, not each other, the general manager of SociaLink, the Western Bay\u2019s umbrella social agency says.<br \/><br \/>Liz Davies says there\u2019s a growing divide between those who have had their Covid-19 vaccination and those who haven\u2019t. <br \/><br \/>\u201cFacing the challenge of a disease is sorely testing all of us as we grapple with uncertainty and hardship, which is likely to go on for some time. It would be a huge shame if the \u2018divide\u2019 becomes an unbridgeable gap within families, friends, workplaces and communities.\u201d<br \/><br \/>She said there are already enough painful \u2018gaps\u2019 in wealth, racism, housing affordability and health inequities, and having to respond to Covid-19 is making these worse. <br \/><br \/>\u201cVaccination provides the best protection from the worst symptoms and illness it can cause to individuals and their wh\u0101nau. <br \/><br \/>\u201cHowever, there are so many understandable reasons that are driving both \u2018sides\u2019 of the vaccination divide. Many, many people are suffering financially and\/or emotionally as a result of lockdown restrictions, wanting to get back to \u2018normal\u2019 or to the \u2018green light\u2019.\u201d  <br \/><br \/>There are children and young people unable or reluctant to go to school, or who have left school because they now need to work, often because a parent or parents lost their jobs due to lockdowns, she said.<br \/>  <br \/>\u201cMost, if not all, people are fearful of catching Covid, tiring of restrictions on events, wearing masks etc.  <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe simple equation is the more who are vaccinated, the sooner we can get to something approaching \u2018normality\u2019.  It is understandable that people can get frustrated or angry at those people who might not yet be sure about vaccination or are choosing to not be.  <br \/> <br \/>\u201cSome believe those who do not vaccinate are selfish, are not in the \u2018team of five million\u2019 and are wilfully risking the health of everyone else. But the \u2018us\u2019 and \u2018them\u2019 disparagement is not helpful. <br \/><br \/>\u201cSoon, the lives of the unvaccinated are going to get very small. Many will struggle to work if they are expected to be vaccinated and I suspect there will be few jobs that will not require proof of vaccination\u2019\u201d Liz Davies said.  <br \/><br \/>\u201cPeople need to have sufficient knowledge and skills to take up the vaccine, sufficient encouragement, support and access, and sufficient motivation &#8211; desire to have it, overcoming fear of risks or fear of needles &#8211; to do it. <br \/> <br \/>\u201cWe need to keep making it as easy as possible for people to vaccinate, a core principle of all good health promotion efforts,\u201d she said.  <br \/><br \/>\u201cWhile the desire to get people vaccinated is completely understandable, getting angry is wasted energy. Let\u2019s fight the virus, not each other.\u201d <br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People need to fight the Covid virus, not each other, the general manager of SociaLink, the Western Bay\u2019s umbrella social agency says. 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