AN ANALYTICAL REVIEW OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR VACCINATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Once in a while in world health history, endemic and/or pandemic occurs, killing people in great numbers and drawing back the pace of world development especially the developing countries. The origin of this devastating health condition could be traced to the Antonine Plague also known as Plague of Galen, which occurred between 165 – 180AD in Rome, where up to five million people were believed to have been killed by either smallpox or measles. In the recent time, developing countries including Nigeria’s economy have been set backward by pandemics, the last of it is the COVID-19 pandemic, which was argued in this paper to have been intentionally manufactured in the lab for defined objectives. Africa is among the prime target destination, but unfortunately, it did not happen as planned. The paper therefore, seeks to understand what was behind the survival of Nigerians in the midst of the pandemic and the justification for the vaccination. The study adopted the phenomenological and exploratory designs and our arguments were hinged on the propositions of the Social Theory of pandemic. Data were from the primary and secondary sources and were analysed using content analysis. The study concluded that the uncommon spread and low death rate in Nigeria and Africa is as a result of our natural body defense and ecological factors. So, it was recommended that indigenous critical stakeholders in the health sector should be engaged to source for local vaccine while we put a stop to the administration of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine or make it a matter of choice based on the uncommon spread and reports of blood clot.