Cae de nuevo la vaccinación contra la gripe: miedo a los efectos secundarios y infravaloración de la enfermedad

1. Sanidad's purpose
2. Infravaloración de la gripe
3. Fear of negative reactions
4. Information for communities
5. New awareness campaign
6. Vuelve la gripe B

La vaccinación contra la gripe Started at the beginning of October no está teneido mucho éxito. This trend is observed after the last season, when the coverage of immunization remained The objectives of lejos de los were defined by Nazirio de Sanidad. The reasons that experts argue to explain this phenomenon are: underestimation of the disease, fear of secondary effects and doubts about the effectiveness of the vaccine.

Hand doctor Fernando Moraga-Llop, portavoz y vocal senior de la Asociación Española de Vacunología (AEV) and también pediatra, explica a Confidential Digital que, aunque habra que esperar a que termine la Campaign para tender data definitiveos, la primera impression es que durante el primer mes There is no big cambios respect en cuanto a que se esté vacunando “muchísima gente”.

Sanidad's purpose

AEV provides some revealing information. Fight the flu with the flu shot Persons over 64 years of age fueron del 66.6% Last season, that is, it is far from the 75% target proposed by the Ministry of Health.

En healthcare professionalsla cobertura de gripe vaccine alcanza el 43.76%cuando el objetivo fijado es del 75%.

En Minors of 5 yearsla gripe causes media every year in Spain 58,640 consultations in Atención Primary, 4,239 hospitalizations 8 deaths. Well, well alone 31.3% Between the ages of 6 and 59 months.

Infravaloración de la gripe

Dr. Moraga-Llop cites three main factors that explain low vaccination rates. The main merit, many people, include algunos professional sanitarios, Consider la gripe como una enfermedad levepotentially leading to complications, hospitalizations, UCIs, and even falls.

Spain, la gripe causa between 3,000 and 4,000 deaths annuallyuna cifra que underraya la necessidad de tomarse en serio esta patología.

Fear of negative reactions

Some people also have a certain disbelief in the effectiveness of the vaccine. Including los efectos secundarios.

“Watch out for local reactions to the injection: enrojecimiento, hincazón, también dolores de cabeza, cansancio, dolores articulares, fiebre…”, aclara Moraga-Llop. “Las reacciones neurologicas son una reza, son reacciones infrecuentes. Siempre hay que tener en cuenta que la vacuna ofrece más beneficios que riesgos”, he emphasizes.

The campaign started in the first week of October It will be extended until the end of January. The peak period of diseases usually occurs between December and February. Earlier this year there was a flu epidemic that coincided with the Covid wave and llegó a collapsar las emergency hospitalarias y los centros de salud.

Information for communities

Los datos procurido por las consejerías de salud autonomicas refleccan que, en Andalusiaa total of 1,269,176 people received the flu vaccine, i.e El 35% de la población Diana.

En Cataloniael 26% According to data from the Infection Control Information System, the general population has been vaccinated since the start of the campaign.

En Madridla cifra facilitada a ECD por el gobierno autonomico asciende a 1,036,220 people were vaccinated. La Comunidad de Madrid aims to vaccinate against flu and Covid at the same time (booster dose). 1.6 million people. The campaign is being prepared mainly in health centers, state hospitals and residences for the elderly and disabled in the region.

Los gobiernos de algunas comunidades autónomas decided vaccinar en los colegiosto increase immunization of the infant population. It is located in Andalusia, La Rioja, Cantabria, Aragon, Canaria and the Commune of Valencia.

New awareness campaign

The Asociación Española de Vacunología launched this week a new awareness campaign to acquaint the population with the need to vaccinate in front of them respiratory diseases. It is aimed at fathers and mothers of children over 60 years old, from 59 months to 6 years old, and health workers.

The campaign tries to convey to the society the importance of vaccination against viruses and bacteria that cause respiratory infections. El año pasado, las enfermedades respiratoryas fueron Diseases that are growing more and more as a cause of death in Spainwith a total of 46,807 deaths. Recent diseases that, in many cases, can be prevented or whose severity can be reduced through vaccinations, such as influenza, Covid and pneumococcus, remember from the association.

Vuelve la gripe B

The dominant option this season will be BAccording to recent researchers from the Laboratorio del Centro Nacional de Gripe de Valladolid. Here it is A virus that affects children and adolescents y que llevaba años practica desaparecido en Europe.

Consider this más leve option, B puede inciting complications. Las más frecuentes son infectionsboth ear and bacterial (pneumonia, bronchitis or sinusitis) and are more common in people with weakened immune systems, young children and the elderly.