
BEYOND PAPER: VAX SCENE – EDUCATING THE COMMON FOLK
An interview with Vax Scene Conducted by Hilal Khan and Adil Ali Tariq in October 2021 Hilal: So, the first question is that how and why the campaign, “Vax Scene” started? Tell us about the origin of the campaign. Tauheed: So, we have a course for community service learning in our university. In that, we need to do a project that’s related to community service. We wanted to do something that was not only relevant but needed in the current time. So, we decided on something that was, I think, the most relevant and a hot topic of debate in Pakistani society at the time. And something that was both a scientific issue and a social issue, which is vaccination. We wanted to do a campaign that would spread awareness about vaccines, not forcing people to get vaccinated, but educating them so they can make a better and informed decision for themselves. Adil: We have learned about the origin of “Vax Scene”. What was the main motivation behind this? Zoha: The main motivation was basically scientific communication because people are not much aware of vaccination and its importance. They do not know how vaccines are made, how they work. And probably that’s the biggest reason why they’re hesitant to get vaccinated. Tauheed: Another main motivating factor was the fact that we did, based on preliminary surveys, find out that...
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