Pediatricians urge fathers and mothers to vaccinate their sons and daughters as soon as the health authorities authorize it in children under 12 years of age, something that will take place in the first days of September. And it is that doctors have detected in some parts of the Valencian Community that anti-childhood vaccination messages are proliferating.
In many localities, mailboxes in homes are being filled with presumably informative sheets warning of the risks of vaccination in minors. Even within a few days they have been summoned acts and concentrations claiming to paralyze the vaccination of minors for fear of the reaction caused by the puncture.
But pediatricians minimize the side effects. They assure that at most the reaction can be that suffered by adults, never thrombotic reactions, as has been proven in other countries where childhood vaccination has already been done. The president of the Valencian pediatric society Eva Suárez encourages parents not to be carried away by alarmist messages and urges them to turn to official sources and professionals in case of doubts.
The four reasons to vaccinate children
Suárez believes that childhood vaccination is essential for four reasons. The first, for stop the advance of the virus. Doctors believe that the appearance of the delta variant, more contagious, will force 90% of the population to be vaccinated and that therefore happens to vaccinate the little ones.
Second, the vaccine has been shown to be effective in reduce mortality And although there are few deaths directly associated with the virus, children have died with chronic diseases that have been aggravated by the virus.
The third reason why you should be vaccinated, according to the president of the Valencian Pediatric Society, has to do with the school. Educational normality must be guaranteed and contracting the virus or infecting it conditions that objective.
And the last reason has to do with the pressure on pediatric services. Now they only treat covid and neglect other pathologies, Suárez acknowledges.
Compatible vaccine with others
Finally, Eva Suárez sends a message of tranquility. The covid vaccine is compatible against other vaccines, including papilloma. They can be administered at the same time, in different arms, but at the same time. What doctors do is distance it for at least a week but to prevent and avoid possible adverse effects.
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