Hoax Circulating Vaccination in Children Causes Death, This is Pediatrician’s Explanation

JAKARTA, iNews.id – Pandemic Covid-19 that attack the country also have a major impact on children. Not only adults, now children are also victims of Covid-19. Unfortunately, until now there are still many parents who believe in hoax news that vaccination can cause death.

Head of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association’s Child Protection Task Force, Dr Eva Devita Harmoniati, SpA(K), responding to the hoax said that 1 in 8 people infected with Covid-19 were children. Almost the same as adults, the clinical symptoms of Covid-19 in children can be mild to severe and cause death.

Another interesting fact is that as many as 20% of children infected with Covid-19 may not show clinical symptoms, so they have the potential to become silent spreaders for those closest to them.

Unfortunately, there are still many parents who do not understand the importance of vaccinating their children against Covid-19 to prevent transmission of the virus. As is known today, there are still many parents who forbid their children to be vaccinated for fear of the dangers and side effects. There are many hoaxes circulating in the community that vaccination can cause death.

Responding to this, Dr. Eva tried to re-explain the main benefits of active immunization/vaccination. “Immunization is an attempt to actively induce a person’s immunity to a disease. If a person is exposed to the disease, then the impact can be not sick or only experience mild pain. Immunization is also divided into two types, namely passive immunization and active immunization or vaccination,” said Dr Eva, in the Media Briefing on Children’s Voices About Vaccines, Thursday (29/7/2021).

Editor : Elvira Anna