Dear Editor,
The plantation thrives in Guyana where Covid is concerned. Thanks to the protestors at the Linden/Wismar bridge for saying no to the denial of access to medical attention – the latest in a series of tactics of frustrating citizens using the pandemic as an excuse. Article 24 of the constitution of Guyana states that ‘every citizen has the right to free medical attention and also to social care in the case of old age and disability’. We are now learning that in Guyana, even the health professionals as everywhere else, are not uniformly supporting ‘vaccination’. The confusion continues… the World Health Organisation which we could use as say the standard for health science has NOT approved Sput-nik… their scientific method is apparently different from the methods used by those who have approved Sputnik. So citizens have the right to question and not be punished for questioning. Not all vaccines are the same. And people can decide what kind of health advice they follow as they have been fooled many times. Our histories of oppression include histories of bodies being used by health professionals to do experiments. Maybe the Ministry of Health should acknowledge that history first as part of a compassionate approach to working through the pandemic. Surely the ministry does not want to drive further wedges in the society and increase the levels of stress and anxiety? The Ministry of Health might want to have some conversations between the vaccinated and unvaccinated to work out the compromises needed to ensure safety and wellness. But there is no news still about the passport office making appointments for citizens to go in to do business with them.
Sincerely,
Vidyaratha Kissoon
