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How to talk to your friends and family about COVID-19 vaccines
Tips for handling tough conversations with your loved ones.
By UNICEF
69-year-old Modeenat Abike Onike is a veteran market women’s leader, helping to convince other market women that COVID-19 is real and of the importance of the vaccine.
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Vaccines save 2 to 3 million lives each year and are amongst the greatest advances of modern medicine.
The development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines is a huge step forward in our global effort to end the pandemic.
This is exciting news, but there are still some people who are skeptical or hesitant about COVID-19 vaccines. Chances are you know a person who falls into this category – maybe among your group of friends or in your family.
If you are unsure of how to approach conversations about vaccines with vaccine skeptics you know, you’re not alone. We spoke to Dr. Saad Omer, Director at the Yale Institute for Global Health, about the do’s and don’ts of navigating these difficult discussions.
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Do connect with their values.
Even if you are feeling frustrated, it is important to be empathetic. “Make them feel heard,” advises Omer. Attempt to connect with their underlying sentiment. For example, if they are tired of being kept from doing the things they want to do because of COVID-19, connect with them on the fact that places they enjoy will begin to open up again if we are all vaccinated against the disease. He suggests talking about COVID-19 and how devastating it has been. If you only speak about vaccines “it’s not a full picture, and has somewhat lower chances of succeeding,” he explains. When the discussion comes back to COVID-19, it places the focus on the trade-offs we have all had to make such as physically distancing ourselves from loved ones and missing out on normal daily activities.