The presence of respiratory diseases have become part of the equation during the winter season. This formula has forced the authorities to increasingly promote the culture of vaccination, especially in diseases that are here to stay, such as influenza which, since its presence in 2009, has represented the eighth cause of death in Mexico.
The coordinator of Social Determination in Health, of the Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ), María Elena Pajarito Melchor, pointed out that the awareness of people about this disease, already with the presence of covid-19, it has been increasing year after year, in such a way that by this point of the year they already exceed 90 percent of the immunization goal set for this winter period that is going through the ninth week.
“Practically both last season and this winter season there has been a good response to vaccination (…) there is already a lot of awareness that people have right now of the importance of vaccination (against influenza), so really also for the last winter season we were already above 90 percent by this dates, and in the same way in this period”, said Pajarito Melchor. To date, 2 million 800 thousand 90 doses have been applied.
He added that “at this time we are making good progress, in fact, for the latest report from the Jalisco Federation it is in sixth place. And compared to the rest of the states at the federal level we have, up to now, the cut of the previous week because we always make the cut on Friday afternoon so we are still pooling, but the previous week we have 93.8 percent of the goal. This is very important because we know that it already allows us to protect a large part of the population; however, it is very important to comment that invitations are still being made, especially to the people most at risk and most vulnerable”.
vaccination, pointed out the SSJ official, it has been essential not only to prevent the spread of the disease, but also to reduce mortality in the citizenrya, since in the last two years only one person has died in the entity due to influenza complications, since he did not have his dose.
Of the 42 people who have contracted the disease this winter season, according to data from the state agency, the vast majority have not been immunized, so He urged citizens to get vaccinated and more in vulnerable groups such as those under five years of age, older adults, pregnant women, people with chronic diseases, among others.
“In the last winter season we did not have deaths as such, but in previous seasons, especially since we know that influenza arrived since 2009, there was a greater number, it was variable because we know that the behavior of influenza varies each year; but this situation where people are becoming more and more sensitized to get vaccinated, especially in the first few months, because it’s not about getting vaccinated every year, it’s about getting vaccinated every winter season, that is, around October when the vaccine is comingWe must already get vaccinated to be protected for January, February, which is when the cold starts more and cases can increase, so in this situation this does help reduce the number of cases when vaccinated also at the beginning of the season or not we wait until we already feel the cold”, he explained.
All those people who have been detected with influenza are recommended that once the contagion has passed or they no longer present symptoms, they go to the nearest Health Center as soon as possible. to receive their dose against this disease, with the aim that they are protected in case they contract any of the other strains of the virus.
Can you apply the covid-19 vaccine and then the influenza vaccine?
Pajarito Melchor assured that in case the vaccine against covid-19 has been applied, it is also possible to get the biological one against influenzaeven a few hours apart, unless the person has symptoms such as fever or respiratory illness.
“Right now it is very important to get vaccinated against influenza at any time; namely, If we got the covid-19 vaccine the same day, or the day before, or we have the next appointment, we can perfectly apply the influenza vaccine. Before, it was promoted that there be a little time apart, now, for example, the covid vaccine and the influenza vaccine can even be applied at the same time. What is true is that if the person is sick with a situation, especially a fever, that has an active disease at that time, they should preferably pass the feverish period and then, now, go to get vaccinated; but there are practically few contraindications with the influenza vaccine and in that sense only if you had this disease, an active disease situation at the moment (…) Even at the same moment”, he pointed out.
The main symptoms of influenza, and in any of its strains, are severe headaches, fever, muscle pain, flu and cough. If you present at least three of these symptoms, it is recommended not to self-medicate and go to a health professional as soon as possible.
The municipalities with the highest number of cases are Zapopan, with 10; La Barca, with five; while Guadalajara, Zapotlán el Grande and Tlajomulco de Zúñiga registered four each.
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Thus it spreads flurone, covid-19 coinfection and influenza
Although the new coronavirus and influenza are totally different viruses, there is a high possibility that the person could contract both, a condition that experts have called fluorone. At the beginning of this year four cases were detected in the entity and until then no other has been known.
The coordinator of the Social Determinant in Health of the State Health Secretariat reported that this risk is the order of the day if preventive measures are not taken adequately.
“The truth is that they are different viruses, but they are transmitted in the same way, that is, if someone got sick with covid-19, then they were most likely exposed without a mask, at a very short distance, with a person who had the virus, and if we generally lower our guard, taking into account that we do not take preventive measures, and the same thing happened with a person who could have had influenza and we exposed ourselves without a mask at a short distance, it can also be spread. So it’s not just covid-19, it’s not just influenza, there are other viruses that are from the winter season, and of course it could coexist in the same person if they are exposed to another who has the virus, ”explained the official.
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