In the new broadcast, “Welcome to the train”led by Juan Di Natale,program bravo tv It brought to the table a problem that worries the international scientific community: the resurgence of diseases that were believed to have been eradicated. measles and whooping cough.
molecular biologist Ernesto ResnikKnown for his involvement in scientific debates during the pandemic, he warned: “We live in a very strange moment in the world, where everything we thought was progress seems to be going backwards.” Reznik explained: Canada was recently removed from the list of measles-free countries.A similar thing is happening in the United States, where “the politicization of vaccines has led to outbreaks in states ruled by anti-vaccine factions.”
“We need 95 per cent coverage to avoid community transmission of measles, but in Canadian provinces we only have 82 per cent coverage, which is crazy,” Reznik said.
Specialists led to growth anti-vaccine movement With the rise of far-right political leaders such as donald trump“empowering denialist discourse” and cutting funding for messenger RNA vaccine research.
From Buenos Aires, head of security at Gutierrez Hospital. Manuel Bilquisagreed that “If science and public policy fail, we’re in trouble.” He emphasized the importance of health communication, recalling, “When the HPV vaccine started being broadcast on TV, people’s perceptions changed. Communication saves lives.”
In her case, infectious disease experts Carolina Celent confirmed that Argentina is hit by an epidemic of coquelche (whooping cough), 350 people infected, 6 people recently died. “It’s a vaccine-preventable disease, but the vaccination rate for pregnant women is 70%, which leaves many babies vulnerable,” he explained.
There are concerns about the low vaccination rate in Argentina.
Celent also yellow fevercriticized the government’s decision to scrap free vaccines for travelers, saying, “In areas where there are more than 100 deaths, one dose costs up to P400,000. Public health coordination is playing with fire.”
Mr. Di Natale concluded the discussion with a question summarizing the general concerns. “How is it possible that we still have to explain that vaccines save lives?”
“This is reversible. Vaccines are a wonderful, cheap and effective invention,” Reznik said with a hopeful look on his face. “If we can get a big campaign and restore public confidence, we will be able to defeat these diseases again.”
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