Xbox Encourages 'Gamers' To Participate In COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Gamers are also expected to take part in the COVID-19 vaccination program. (photo: unsplash)

JAKARTA - Xbox is encouraging players to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. The company is also trying to help dispel rumors and myths about the pandemic and the various vaccines that have been developed to combat it.

Currently, the United States is facing a surge in new cases of the coronavirus, with about 99.5 percent of hospitalizations consisting of people who have not received the vaccine. Increased mobility restrictions have other important effects, such as decreasing subscribers to PS Plus.

There are many different reasons why people hesitate to get vaccinated, from none of the three available COVID-19 vaccines that were fully approved by the FDA until recently to even more outlandish and unsubstantiated rumors that the vaccine alters a patient's DNA, could be used as such. implanting 5G microchips for governments to spy on them, can prevent them from having children, or even cause COVID-19.

Despite the lack of evidence for these conspiracy theories, fighting them and encouraging people to get their hands on a COVID-19 vaccine has been an uphill battle in the pursuit of controlling the virus enough to sustain everyday life around the world, with technology and games. companies are doing their part in trying to encourage vaccination in addition to their efforts to donate money and supplies to COVID-19 first responders over the past two years.

Xbox recently took to social media to help promote a COVID-19 vaccine and dispel anti-vaccine conspiracies, as reported by VGC. On Twitter, Xbox urged gamers to get their hands on the vaccine, and the company held a Twitch Q&A session with Centers for Disease Control President & CEO Dr. Judy Monroe and Deputy Director of Infectious Diseases Dr. Jay Butler yesterday.

During these interviews, doctors reiterated that vaccines that have been approved against COVID-19 are safe and highly effective at preventing severe hospitalizations and deaths – including those from the current Delta variant. They also take the time to reassure viewers that the vaccine does not change a patient's DNA or affect fertility, and direct anyone who wants to learn more to the online resource Vaccine.gov.

Like almost any other type of business, the video game industry has experienced many setbacks and cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic, with several well-known gaming conventions switching to all-virtual formats or being canceled outright last year to prevent the virus from spreading.

Even now, as more people start getting vaccines and immunity to COVID grows, outlets like E3 2021 and Gamescom will continue to operate under the live streaming format in 2021, although insiders remain hopeful that the show may return to the live stage in the future. - starting with PAX West this year in September.

This will only be possible if more people get a COVID-19 vaccine, making the efforts of companies like Xbox to help dispel the various myths and conspiracies surrounding the vaccine even more helpful as medical experts work to finally bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control.