Amara Prabasari 119211078

Nathasia Liman 119211067

The Importance of Global Covid-19 Vaccination

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak a
pandemic back in March 2020, the virus has claimed more than 2.5 million lives globally with
upwards of 113 million cases being confirmed by laboratory tests. This Covid-19 really
impacts the way of life, economy, education, lifestyle, etc. The government offering a way by
vaccination to transition out this pandemic slowly.
At the beginning of 2021, the government starts to give vaccines and begin to roll out
in countries across the world and even it is facing several challenges but also impact its
success. The 95% effectiveness actually means that people with the vaccine have a 95% lower
risk of Covid-19 when compared to a control group. Without the vaccine, we would expect
roughly 1% of the population to get the disease, and with the vaccine, this reduces to 0.05%.
At such low rates, the vaccines will allow society to get back to ‘normal’ and for restrictions
to be permanently eased.
Giving this vaccine is the most appropriate solution to reduce and break the chain of
transmission of Covid-19. Vaccination aims to provide specific immunity against a certain
disease so that if one day exposed to the disease it will only experience mild symptoms.
COVID-19 vaccines will almost certainly be one of the most critical tools for moving the
world toward an epidemiological end to the pandemic, they will likely not be the only ones:
diagnostics, antibody medicines, and other therapeutics will be important complements.
A lot of work must also be done to ensure sufficient vaccination coverage for
communities to reach herd immunity. This is all good news for several reasons: individuals
will benefit from the health protection offered by the vaccine, the positive outcomes may
encourage others to get vaccinated, and the proportion of the population required to reach
herd immunity may be reduced.