Don’t take COVID-19 vaccine – Dino Melaye warns Nigerians

Former Senator representing Kogi West in the senate, Dino Melaye has warned, Africans especially Nigerians not to accept the proposed COVID-19 vaccine.

He noted that for 100 years they could not find a vaccine for cancer and for over 40 years there was no vaccine for HIV and not to talk of diabetes, which researcher and scientists have worked effortless to get a vaccine for it for over 100 years.

In a viral video which has been shared on social media platforms including Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram, the former senator advised Nigerians and Africans “not to accept the use of any vaccine for now.”

Mr Melaye insinuated that it is impossible to have secured a vaccine for the novel virus given that “other diseases like cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS still have no vaccines”.

“For 100 years now, we could not find a vaccine for cancer, for over 40 years we are yet to find a vaccine for HIV/AIDS, for over another 100 years research is still going on to find a vaccine for diabetes. How is it possible on earth is it possible that in one year, you find a vaccine for COVID-19?”