It was not so long ago, a year to be exact, that the country engaged in a raging debate over the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Some were strongly for taking the vaccine while others were vehemently against it.In many instances, those against were made to feel like Public Enemy #1. This was so not only in Barbados but the world over. The marginalisation and discrimination towards those who refused to take the jab was evident through loss of rights, loss of jobs, loss of friends and in some cases loss of family. Entry to many countries were denied to the unvaccinated.Life as we knew it was turned upside down when Government, like the rest of the world, embarked on a national drive to get people vaccinated.On realising that further engagement was needed a series of townhall meetings “to inform and educate the public” started but this exercise proved to be bloodier than the social media battles which were already in tow.
