Vaccination Hoaxes Rise In Riau To Suggest Drinking Coconut Water, As A Result, Many Elderly People Are Reluctant To Give Injections

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PEKANBARU - The Riau COVID-19 Handling Acceleration Task Force (Satgas) has so far collected 500 reports of hoax information circulating in the community related to COVID-19 vaccination.

"There are more than 500 hoaxes circulating in the community related to vaccinations, especially hoaxes with negative intentions, the impact of which is that parents or the elderly and people with comorbidities do not want to be vaccinated," said Riau COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson, Dr Indra Yovi, quoted by Antara, Monday, June 21.

According to him, this hoax information about vaccination needs to be straightened out because the negative impact is quite large on the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination.

"This is very important to be straightened out. Every day I receive hoax information, especially in WA Groups, Facebook through chain messages. There are various models, some say that vaccines can't be sedated, but it's impossible for people with toothaches not to be sedated, of course. sick. This is not true," said Indra.

There is also according to Indra who passed on hoax information by saying that after being vaccinated, it is recommended to drink coconut water so that the vaccine does not react.

"This is an extraordinary hoax," he said.

Yovi stated that so far the implementation of the mutual cooperation vaccine in Riau has used the Sinovac vaccine.

"The Sinovac vaccine is generally 67 percent effective. The effectiveness of the vaccine will form antibodies after 28 days of the second vaccine. So if there is a hoax, I have the first vaccine, how come I got COVID-19. Of course that's normal because there are no antibodies that are formed optimally," he said. .

So for the community, he said, even though the first and second vaccines have been carried out, they must still carry out health protocols. Don't think after getting vaccinated you can do whatever you want without following health protocols.

"This means that before the health protocol is lifted, people must wear masks and stay away from crowds," he continued.