26/01/2022
Folks, I have taken notice of some State and private institutions who are currently rolling out COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the country.
These institutions include the Ghana Immigration Service, Ministry of Health, Parliament of Ghana, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), University of Health and Allied Sciences, Takoradi Technical University among others. I also understand that the Ghana Health Service is seeking to compulsorily vaccinate all SHS students in the country.
Before you succumb to pressure and take the jab, it is important to appreciate the risk you are taking by noting the following indisputable facts:
1. The President of the Republic Ghana in an official response to a petition presented to him by some Concerned Medical Doctors has indicated that his government is not rolling out any vaccine mandates in Ghana.
2. There is currently no valid Executive Instrument that allows any State or private organization in Ghana to mandate COVID-19 vaccines. The said vaccine mandates are therefore illegal.
3. COVID-19 vaccines have only been granted Emergency Use Authorization by FDA, Ghana. They have not been approved or registered by the FDA, Ghana. And, the said vaccine mandates violate the Emergency Use Authorization guidelines of the Food and Drugs Authority of Ghana which provides that the administration of the COVID-19 vaccines should be optional and not compulsory.
4. The said COVID-19 vaccine mandates violate the WHO’s COVID-19 and mandatory vaccination: Ethical considerations and caveats.
5. The government of Ghana and the Ghana Health Service have conceded in official court processes filed by them and other official correspondences that COVID-19 vaccines cannot prevent the spread of coronavirus. They have also failed to adduce data or evidence to buttress their claim that the vaccines help to reduce the risk of severe illness and deaths.
6. COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be significantly unsafe. The government of Ghana and Ghana Health S
