ZACATECAS. The existence of anti-vaccination groups is due to the misinformation of the population on the subject, which in turn generates fear, which leads to denying the application of any biologicals, said Jaime Gabriel Serna Navarrete, head of state of the Protection Program universal vaccination.
However, we must bear in mind that the fight against Covid-19 took place thanks to the creation of a vaccine: “we come from a pandemic and the only strategy that once again worked was vaccination”, said the official.
In the case of Zacatecas, so far, the presence of anti-vaccine groups has not been detected, but it is an issue that is constantly monitored, said Serna Navarrete.
He explained that urban areas are where there is greater resistance to the application of vaccines in children under five, which makes them areas with the greatest lag on the subject.
Of the above, although the vaccination brigades are still active, “there are colonies, which we have detected, where we see people’s resistance, which is due to misinformation and fear of getting vaccinated,” the official said.
They have everything organic
With this panorama, Serna Navarrete stressed that currently the health sector has biological products that form the basic framework of Mexican vaccination, which are free in all public health units.
The national scheme consists of tuberculosis vaccines (BCG); pentavalent acellular, rotavirus, pneumococcus, hepatitis B, triple viral (SRP); against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT); against poliomyelitis (OPV); against human papillomavirus (HPV) and influenza.
