The three states with the highest levels of poverty and marginalization (Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero) also reported the lowest rates of coverage of vaccination against Covid-19.
According to information presented by the Ministry of Health (Ssa)With preliminary data from the October 28 cutoff, Chiapas reached 60% coverage, that is, 40% of the population over 18 years of age has yet to be vaccinated.
For its part, Oaxaca had an advance of 69%, so that 31% of its population would remain to be immunized; finally, Guerrero reached 70%.
Specialists consulted explained that there are multiple factors for these three entities to register less progress in immunization, such as geographical and cultural characteristics, and even because there are still people who do not believe in respiratory disease or in the effectiveness of biological.
Until the cut-off date, the Ministry of Health reported that 74 million 429 thousand 73 of Mexicans over 18 years of age have been immunized, of which 60 million 130 thousand 77 have their complete scheme and 14 million 298 thousand 996 have a dose.
In this regard, the National Population Council (Conapo) projects that by 2021 there will be a population universe of 18 years or more than 89 million 484 thousand 507 people, that is, 15 million 55 thousand 434 people are lagging behind in the vaccination scheme.
On October 28, in its daily Covid-19 technical statement, the Health Secretary reported that, as of October 27, 71 million 366 thousand 205 people were vaccinated: 55 million 942 thousand 853, with the complete scheme, and 15 million 423 thousand 352, with new schemes.
That is, in 24 hours the federal government reported 3 million 62 thousand 868 more vaccinated people, but only applied 606 thousand 170 doses.
In that sense, the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador He set a goal to vaccinate against Covid-19, with at least one dose, to all people over 18 years of age in the country, before the end of this month.
Come political game
For the doctor Alejandro Macías, former commissioner against the virus influenza A (H1N1), there is a lack of a good number of adults who receive at least one dose and even more those who need two.
“Internationally, other parameters more than the population over 18 years of age; for example, the dose parameter per 100 people is used.
“The countries that have achieved high vaccination rates have applied more than 250 doses per 100 people of the population. In Mexico we would be applying 100%, but we must consider that many of these are double-dose vaccines, “he said.
About, Malachi Lopez, academic of the SINGLE said the goal of covering people 18 years and older was not met.
“It is a political game, those who can get vaccinated. We cannot deny that a significant effort has been made to vaccinate, and when the date closes it is said that the goal was met, no matter how many have been reached, that is a political resource that undermines the progress in protecting the health, but that’s what the health authorities lend themselves to ”.
While for Andreu Comas, research professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Health Sciences Research Center of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, according to figures from the National Population Council, only 68.2% of the population has been vaccinated with a complete scheme, and with a partial scheme, 16.2% of people over 18 years of age.
“What is striking is that on Thursday they reported that there were 55 million people with a complete scheme and today they report 60 million, despite the fact that they reported that 606,170 vaccines were applied yesterday, from yesterday to today there was an increase of almost 5 million vaccinated in 24 hours. It is very weird”.
The specialists also agreed that factors such as the orography, populations that are difficult to access, cultural issues, as well as personal attitudes, because there are people who do not believe in the existence of viruses, in the danger of getting sick or people who believe that the vaccine can cause damage, could affect the advance of immunization in these entities.
The infectologist Macías considered that the pandemic has not ended, so vaccination should be universal to the extent that it is shown to be safe and effective in young people and children.
Malaquías López agreed that vaccination of minors should be considered, because there are already studies that show that vaccinating them is safe and protects them, against the emergence of more infectious strains, such as Delta.
Likewise, Comas pointed out that the federal government must complete the schemes for those over 18 years of age, as well as consider a reinforcement for people over 60 years of age, health personnel and those vaccinated with CanSino, and also for minors, starting with the population at risk.
It should be remembered that, last July, citizens through social networks exhibited little influx in some of the macro vaccination centers in the state of Chiapas, which increased as authorities invited the population to come to receive the dose of the biological agent.
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