Many people thought that once the vaccines against COVID-19 is made available, we would finally see the light at the end of this very dark tunnel called the pandemic. We waited months for our best and the brightest scientists and medical experts to develop the right vaccine to immunize the world population, in a bid to let the novel coronavirus die on its own while the humans remain protected from its crippling effects.

Now that the vaccines are now being distributed all around the world, we couldn’t help but think: is this really the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic? Or are we just starting to scratch the surface of the bigger problem? It would appear that in spite of the government’s efforts to make the vaccine accessible to everyone, there is still a chance that the pandemic will stay here for long, and the virus itself is NOT to blame. It is our attitude towards the vaccine, specifically some of the people’s hesistancy to get innoculated.

What’s worse is that the issue about vaccine hesitancy is now a matter of politics, a sign that we are still to traverse an arduous path before reaching the end of the COVID-19 nightmare.

People’s Doubts On The Vaccine Is Being Weaponized For The Sake Of Politicking, And It Is Not Actually Helping Anyone

If we could just take a look at the United States of America as an example, we would see that many of those Americans who are willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine had already completed the required doses for vaccination. The US government has secured a good number of vaccine doses coming from different manufacturers, whose vaccines have already been proven to be effective to prevent serious health issues and death due to coronavirus, and it is impossible to think that not everyone in the country will get the jab. Well, technically not everyone is innoculated, in spite of the fact that tons of vaccine doses are just waiting to be used. If only the lovely puppies from can take the extra doses instead, then they will not be wasted. Unfortunately, the vaccines that we have now are only for humans.

Those who are against the vaccines are becoming more vocal than ever about their disapproval for being forced to get the jab. Unfortunately, with the virus continuously mutating, it could only be a matter of time until a new variant that is vaccine-resistant will be born, so we need to get as many people as possible to be immunized through vaccines.

Sadly, the dirty world of politics has entered the picture, and the government’s steps to get more people vaccinated is being used as an issue for political manuevering. Little do these politicians know that what they are doing will not help them or anyone else, as they are only wasting more time that could have been used to fight the virus. We might just see the economy taking another beating as the vaccine issue is being politicized.


It is probably not the right time to talk about politics in the United States of America, considering that the nation is facing its darkest moment yet since the Second World War. The novel coronavirus, which found its way from Wuhan, China to the rest of the world, has crippled the Western superpower. As of writing, the United States still leads as the country with the most number of reported COVID-19 cases, as well as the number of coronavirus-related deaths. Indeed, what this country needs right now is the cooperation of everyone in order to beat this modern-day plague.

On the other hand, it is quite baffling to imagine how this proud nation, which was known to resolve every conflict far from its homeland, was badly struck by the COVID-19 pandemic this year. As for some critics, the pandemic was able to finally reveal to the world what is wrong internally in the US government.

These “weaknesses” that the pandemic situation exposed is why the American people should start talking about their future. Right on cue, by November this year, the United States is set to elect its next president.

Why Holding The Presidential Election This Year Could Be A Good Decision For The United States

In spite of the troubles that the country face everyday due to COVID-19, US President Donald Trump remains positive that the government is doing a terrific job so far in addressing the pandemic crisis. However, this is the total opposite of what the ordinary American people are thinking right now, with the healthcare system crumbling and the economy takig a nosedive.

The COVID-19 pandemic serves like a beacon for the Americans to start acting to save their future, and the timing of the 2020 presidential election could not come any better. Holding the election this year will give the nation a chance to fix what’s wrong in the government, and perhaps veer the COVID-19 relief efforts of the US towards the right direction. This is the moment of the people to be heard. 

As for Trump, the result of the election this November will be his own personal score card of his performance as president of the United States. Based on the result of the Trump administration’s COVID-19 aid program, his chances of being re-elected are getting slim. Nonetheless, Trump believes that holding the election this year is risky, considering the state of the country amid this pandemic.

Whether Trump’s opinion about delaying the election is for his personal gain or not is uncertain. We might need to put him under a lie detector to know what’s really on his mind, but for the people of the United States, the election is their way of voicing out their own grievances towards Trump’s leadership.