“Do we really need a vaccine?” Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh asked on Twitter Thursday, after which the internet politely reminded the spinner exactly why the Indians (and the world) needed him.
No concrete medication in sight to COVID-19
, a ray of hope appeared when some companies such as Pfizer and Moderna claimed to have developed a vaccine against COVID-19.
But vaccines are not foolproof. Since then, many have wondered how effective vaccines really were if all they offered was 90, 94, or 95 percent coverage and not a definitive solution. For some, it was a sigh of relief.
Also read: Indians have already started calling travel agents for tickets to the UK COVID-19 Vaccine
Sharing his thoughts on the vaccine situation around the world, Singh tweeted:
“PFIZER AND BIOTECH Vaccine:
Accuracy * 94%
Modern Vaccine: Accuracy * 94.5%
Oxford Vaccine: Accuracy * 90% “
Singh added that the recovery rate among Indians without a vaccine was 93.6%, suggesting that citizens of India may also eliminate the need for a vaccine entirely.
PFIZER AND BIOTECH Vaccine: Accuracy * 94% Modern Vaccine: Accuracy * 94.5% Oxford Vaccine: Accuracy * 90% Indian Recovery Rate (no vaccine): 93.6% Do we seriously need the vaccine?
– Harbhajan Turban (@harbhajan_singh) December 3, 2020
Twitterati called the tweet “careless” and threw one analogy after another with Singh explaining why a country with more than a billion inhabitants Really It needed a 100% foolproof vaccine to exist when the recovery rate was well below 100.
When an Indian batsman can chase 350 runs in an ODI match, why do we need specialized bowlers, even part-time bowlers will? When a bowler is playing at low speed, why do we need leg pads?#BhajjieLogic ♂️https: //t.co/pTizpV3tgS
– AParajit Bharat (@AparBharat) December 3, 2020
Only 1 batsman has died on the cricket field. Do we seriously need a helmet, kidney guard, shin guard, chest guard, etc.?
– UncouthVillageYouth (@UncthVllgeYouth) December 3, 2020
Don’t tweet so stupid … ♂️♂️If there was a 5% chance that the plane would crash, will you board it? A 93.6% recovery rate means 6.4% will get serious / die. Now calculate 6.4%. 1,400 million inhabitants !! DO THE MATH! Learn SCIENCE before you tweet@harbhajan_singh
– Shubham Misra (@ SBM_4007) December 3, 2020
You are like my fufaji and mamaji in whatsapp family groups. So cute
– Aayush Khandelwal (@JustAayush) December 3, 2020
100-93.6 = 6.4%. (6.4% of the Indian population is at risk of death due to Corona). The vaccine will help save 94.5% of this 6.4% as well. In a country of over a billion people, that’s a huge difference between 88,618,262 people who die and 4,874,004 people who die.
– Nandan Pandit (@npandit) December 3, 2020
Seeing the amount of stupidity in this tweet … I am literally dying to see this as a medical student … According to this man’s logic, there is no need for vaccination at all, for any disease … Everything the work that medicine has done in all these years was a waste according to him. pic.twitter.com/A1SSoCfike
– Mahendra (@SalujaMah) December 3, 2020
The recovery rate of 93.6% means that 6.4 out of every 100 people die. Do you want to be on that list? 95% effective means you have a 95 out of 100 chance of not being on that list. Choose Chicha, remember that recovery also carries a burden of pain, expenses and subsequent complications.
– Dr.PSVishnuVardhan (@drpsvvardhan) December 3, 2020
The percentage of accuracy of the vaccine is not for the 93.6% who recovered. It is for the remaining 6.4% that is not recovered !! Everyone must be cured !!
– Tamizhan (@ Indian96023421) December 3, 2020
Read also: Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccines may not be 100% foolproof, but these memes are
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom became the first country to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, marking a crucial moment in the global fight against coronavirus. The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine received an emergency clearance from British regulators and the first doses are expected to be rolled out early next week.
An independent group has been watching the trial results and the side effects of the vaccine. Pfizer and BioNTech say there were no serious side effects during the large-scale trials. To date, the Data Monitoring Committee for the study “has not reported any serious safety issues related to the vaccine,” the companies said. The only notable side effect was fatigue in some trial participants.
.
