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Last night, I received an invitation from an executive from the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to attend the Covid-19 vaccination at the Ghana International Press Center today.
I asked further questions and was told that 800 doses of the vaccine provided to Ghana through the Covax initiative have been allocated to journalists.
I was excited for the opportunity. I’ve never bought into wild conspiracy theories. I was looking forward to the opportunity to get vaccinated. And here was one!
However, on second thought, I decided to decline the invitation, so I communicated it to the GJA executive and gave him my reason.
I am relatively young and have no known underlying health problems. I know that many active or retired journalists are older. I also know journalists who are young but have underlying health issues that make them more susceptible to the vagaries of Covid-19.
With the limited dosages available, I don’t think it’s okay to go jab while those who need it more than I do may not get the chance.
Ghana has a population of about 30 million. We received 600,000 doses from the Covax deal. And if each person must get two doses of the vaccine, that means we will cover 300,000 people. (I am standing to be corrected).
I look forward to receiving this vaccine to protect myself, my family, and the people I come in contact with.
But I know that there are many people, in this case, many journalists, who need it more than I do.
I will wait.
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