𝔸 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕥 𝕧𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕟 ℕℤ'𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕥

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕧𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝟙𝟠𝟞𝟛 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕡𝕠𝕩 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝟜𝟘 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤, 𝕗𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕧𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖.

Vaccines followed for diphtheria, tuberculosis, tetanus and polio and immunisation rates slowly increased.

However, it wasn’t until the polio epidemics of the 1940s and 1950s that vaccines became more widely adopted.

As infectious diseases have declined, so has the rate of immunisation.

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Immunisation expert Dr Nikki Turner is concerned.

“People forget where we started from. We have eradicated smallpox from the world. We need historians to stand here and tell us what the world used to be like.”

Turner believes vaccines have created complacency.

"I think the problem the world has to learn, and New Zealand has to learn, is once we get on top of a disease with a vaccine we forget," she said.

"Let’s remember now we are in the middle of a pandemic and these vaccines are performing really well."

Convincing people has always been a struggle. People still live remotely and there is vaccine hesitancy.

The Congregational Christian Church in Mangere will campaign to get the government’s message out.

Reverend Victor Pouesi says the district health boards and Ministry of Health give the guidelines community organisations need.

“It’s a matter of relaying that message down to the grass root level in terms of not only translation, but to make it simple as possible.”

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He also says it is necessary to address people’s fears.

“Some of them have information from social media that it's not safe and almost that the government is using them as guinea pigs.”

However, the government says the vaccine is safe and effective.

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