Thread by @boosulyn

All the no-show excuses listed in the 7 states show that Malaysians in general are complacent about Covid.

They just don’t see the virus as dangerous or vaccination as urgent.

I don’t know if it’s because of many people’s fatalistic attitude (ie: if I’m fated to die, so be it).

https://twitter.com/boosoonyew67/status/1398039267113275393

MM has a nice story on Sabahans’ similar cavalier wait-and-see attitude towards vaccination which some think takes too much work to get.

malaymail.com/news/malaysia/…

I am not sure what is the root cause of Malaysian complacency towards Covid vaccination — whether it’s fatalism, poor health literacy, or the belief that your jabs should be waiting literally outside your door before you take it.

But it’s a big problem the govt must recognize.

While Covid vaccine supply is clearly the biggest issue now, but what I believe is significant “hesitancy” / complacency will need to be dealt with soon.

Malaysians rarely perceive adult vaccination, like other preventive health, as urgent.

We must go to the people, not expect them to come to us.

This means relying less on apps and going to community.

However, I do believe that personal responsibility also plays a part. At some point, even if it’s inconvenient, you need to just do whatever it takes to get a jab.

People all over the world are fighting for Covid vaccines.

Malaysians are so lucky that we managed to get enough to cover our entire population.

I hate to use the Africa example but really, in Africa, they’re forced to wait for vaccine donations because India hijacked Covax.

Covid vaccines aren’t common like Panadol, again I stress.

They are very, very, very difficult to procure.

Some PH reps are doing good work, actively registering their constituents for vax.

I wish govt MPs would do the same instead of expecting the “govt” to do all the work.