I was just over the range with a group of Aucklanders when news broke of this Covid-19 outbreak. Straightaway they were trying to gather as much info as possible and were wondering if the new vaccine was safe.

Considering most vaccines take a minimum four years to safely develop, this one seems awfully rushed and as I understand it, science and rushed don't go together.

Overseas, there are long proven alternatives that are having great success against Covid-19 and the one which is to become the standard of care is Ivermectin, which in 2015 won the Nobel prize for medicines. According to Dr Pierre Kory and his team who are working in conjunction with the World Health Organisation, it can be used prophylactically and is a profound antiviral drug which deals to all phases of Covid-19 quickly and effectively.

J Fairburn, Katikati.