New vaccines are required in the event of Covid-19 effects, indicate deputies and health specialists
• The only thing missing is the endorsement of Cofepris, indicates deputy Éctor Jaime Ramírez
• Other diseases may arise related to Covid-19; insufficient budget to vaccinate the entire population
Legislative Palace, 10-20-2023 (Notilegis).- The Covid-19 pandemic is over, but this mutant virus continues to affect the population of Mexico and the world with variations that reached Ómicron, about two years ago, and continued to change , with different effects for the population.
To confront it, various vaccines are produced that in some cases strengthen people with great immunity, but in others, there are vulnerable groups that can become seriously ill and even die.
These are just some of the conclusions reached by legislators, academics and researchers in the “Covid-19” forum. Updated mRNA Vaccines.”
The in-person and virtual forum was convened by deputy Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba (PAN), secretary of the Health Commission, who reported that “the only thing missing is for Cofepris to put the seal on the vaccines so that they can be marketed” and distributed properly. . On this occasion, in addition to the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance and the IMSS will buy them, through the public sector.”
In his participation, the epidemiologist Miguel Betancourt Cravioto assured that the Covid-19 pandemic caused 21 million deaths in the world and Mexico was one of the countries with the most deaths.
He added that there have already been five waves of Covid-19 that have affected humanity. In 2020 there was great mortality with a wide curve and there was no way to protect yourself. In January 2021 it continued, but vaccination began and from July to September 2021 the fatality rate decreased, to be significantly reduced in 2022.
Dr. Francisco Moreno, a specialist at ABC Hospital, highlighted that Covid-19, being a respiratory disease, the five waves have occurred in winter, when the temperature decreases, and recommended that health care be followed, as it continues the mortality.
He explained that we are already in the third generation of vaccines. The first was the original, the second had the original and the omicron variant, and the current vaccine is a new and better one, because the present virus is exposed as it is found, which makes it effective.
However, there is concern that the commercialization process will be delayed; “If it is applied in February or March it will be of no use, it must be as fast as possible, if it is applied in November then the population will increase its antibodies.”
The process must be accelerated so that the vaccine is the most useful and can reach the majority of the Mexican population and help avoid Long Covid, a new modality discovered in the effects of this disease.
He added that this pandemic, compared to the seven largest that have shaken humanity, Covid-19 is number seven, but now we have antibiotics, respirators and medications that were not available when the so-called Spanish Influenza emerged, for example. .
He asserted that “more than 21 million deaths in four years should be a constant reminder that public health must be in its best state.”
Regarding the impact of vaccination, it was discussed that in the proposed Federal Expenditure Budget for 2024, 14 billion pesos will be allocated for the public health sector, and that this amount would barely be enough to buy the new vaccines, the which costs $19.50 per dose.
There was a debate about the impact that the pandemic had on the population, in which public sector medical care was completely overwhelmed, and the sick who were able paid for private medical care out of pocket.
They stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health used vaccines not authorized by the World Health Organization, in addition to the fact that the shortage forced the Mexican authorities to give priority to groups of people and geographical areas in order to be vaccinated and treated. .
Among the challenges, it was shown that economic activity increased as vaccination spread and took effect. However, the State analyzed the cost-benefit relationship to consider how much it is worth investing in more and better vaccines, which is why the Legislative Branch was required to be responsible in the decisions it makes to reduce the effects of the pandemic on the population. that no one wants to fall back into a situation of confinement that affects the economy.
Finally, the specialists expressed that children, the elderly and vulnerable groups should be vaccinated first, to protect them from this disease, and then the rest of the population to avoid further infections, and myths and taboos such as that children and young people do not get sick from Covid-19, so the deputies would agree to request the technical analysis of the demand for vaccines, because, they insisted, if the budget is considered within the complete vaccination program, “it is not to achieve.”
22/10/2023
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