Back in July, our Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said that we will start to develop our own vaccine.
What is a vaccine? A vaccine is a substance that makes us immune against disease. In this case, we will be immune to the Covid 19 virus. When we are immune, we are able to resist the virus. However, making the vaccine is too costly. The government may have to pay more to get the vaccine from other countries. They might even prioritise their countries first.
So, our prime minister suggested that we should aim to become a vaccine-manufacturing country in the long run. This means that we will be able to make the vaccine here. However, we may not have enough expertise unless we collaborate with other countries.
What do you think? Should we develop our own vaccine? Should we get our vaccines from other countries such as Russia and the United States? Leave a comment below.
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