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Why political science matters?

The meaning of political science is often restricted to the state, government, and everyday politics. However, it goes beyond that. We as humans share various relationships. What do we do when conflicts arise in these relationships? How do we resolve them? The Socratic dialectical method or Habermas’ idea of deliberation provides a solution. It says conflicts are better resolved through dialogue rather than domination. Hence, it tells us how to talk in a dialectical manner. It is the process of reasoning together. For instance, when your father asks you to aim for a government job, but you want to become a content creator, you do not totally oppose each other. Instead, you engage rationally: Why is a government job important? Maybe because it provides security and financial stability. But being a content creator might give you creative freedom. So you decide to take a government job but also start your creator journey simultaneously — maybe by vlogging your day as a government employee...
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Coronavirus and vaccination

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WHO defines vaccination as a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting people against harmful diseases, before they come into contact with them. It uses our body’s natural defenses to build resistance to specific infections and makes our immune system stronger.


The history of vaccines is not very much old yet very interesting. Vaccines have always faced public opposition on various grounds strongest being the sacrilege or religious grounds. One of the critics of vaccines is Mahatma Gandhi. He fully supported the anti-vaccination society established in England. According to Gandhi, "vaccination is a barbarous practice, and it is one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time, not to be found even among the so-called savage races of the world." He opposed the smallpox vaccine and said that "No one can say that smallpox will necessarily attack those who have not been vaccinated; for many cases have been observed of unvaccinated people being free from its attack." These arguments can be countered on many fronts but the point here is not to refute the claims made by Gandhi or anyone but to know that vaccines have always been subject to various objections even by the learned people. 


The vaccine against coronavirus also faced the same fate. Initially, it was criticized on religious grounds by Muslims, Jews, and Christians and now due to misinformation and disinformation, a fear has been created among the people. People are not able to trust it because they think it's inefficacious. With the fear of getting sick and on the ground that vaccinated people also get covid positive they are being skeptical about the vaccine. But so far we do not have anything but the vaccine to save our lives from this deadly virus. Another key thing to remember is that the government has now released the data of people getting covid positive after taking the first and second doses of covaxin and covishield thereby releasing some fear out of the atmosphere. According to the official data provided by the Health Ministry only two to four per 10,000 vaccinated people have got infected with Covid-19. Fig. 1 People not taking vaccines are not only risking their lives but being a potential carrier of the virus they are risking others’ lives also. This is the failure of the government that it has failed in removing this fear from the people's hearts knowing that vaccines have always faced these kinds of opposition. But this time the agitation, misinformation, and disinformation against the vaccine should have been tackled on a priority basis because today the internet has given the power to the people to speak whatever they want thereby creating conspiracy theories on vaccines. The irresponsible use of the internet has aggravated the situation. The government should have assessed this kind of situation and must have tackled it on a priority basis. Today vaccines become more important because of the non-availability of any other solution to deal with the ongoing pandemic. Masks and sanitizers are not long-term solutions as one can not expect people to wear masks throughout their lives. 


Fig 1 :source: pib


So far India has vaccinated only 14 crore (almost) people of its more than 130 crore population and according to a report from the business standard on 21 April 2021 at the current rate, India's COVID-19 vaccination will take 8 years and 9 months to complete. Till now more than 1.8 lakh people have died due to coronavirus in India. Now one can easily calculate the number of possible deaths in the next 8 years. But if we calculate it by taking the current death rate, an average of 7 days which is around 1600, the number of covid deaths in the upcoming eight years would be astronomical.  


The only possible solution to this epidemic at this point of time is the vaccine. So the government must ensure higher production of vaccines and vaccinate a large number of the population by tackling the misinformation on war footing as soon as possible otherwise humanity would soon be going to hell. 
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