Every year the last week of April is observed as the Wold Immunization Week and so it starts today.
For this year, the main focus is Long life for All. This year, it is even more important because of the ongoing pandemic among the fear of a fourth wave of the Corona virus which started in 2019 and still ravaging across many parts of the world. At a time, when the cases became zero in Puducherry, today's update (25 April 2022) from Puducherry says, three new cases have been reported. We need to be more vigilant in preventing another wave.
I see that the masks have disappeared except for a few here and there.
Borrowing the words from WHO site https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-immunization-week/world-immunization-week-2022,
A Long Life for All is not a promise, it's an ambition.
Because everyone deserves a chance at a fulfilling life.
One where we're free to pursue happiness.
And look back without wondering "What if?".
Vaccines have been indiscriminately saving lives since 1796.
The first Smallpox immunization was a fight back against disease.
For the first time, it gave everyone a chance.
And hundreds of vaccines later,
Across two and a quarter centuries.
Billions of people have lived longer lives.
Grown up to become firefighters. Doctors. Musicians.
Fathers. Mothers. Brothers. Sisters.
Vaccines might not get credit for that first kiss.
That winning goal.
That special day.
That final hug.
But their worth isn't just measured in doses given.
It's in minutes given back.
And lives prolonged.
Vaccines provide opportunity and hope for all of us to enjoy a more fulfilling life.
And that's something we should all be fighting for.
Vaccines, in the pursuit of a long life well lived.
#LongLifeforAll
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