Adults Still Need Vaccines

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Doctor Reisa Broto Asmoro said, not only children should be vaccinated, adults must also receive it vaccine.

However, in reality, most adults in Indonesia never get vaccinated again.

” Vaccine in general not only for children but also should be used until adults. The majority of Indonesians after the age of 19-65 are rarely given vaccines, even though adults still need vaccines, “said Reisa at the online West Merdeka Forum (FMB) 9 event, Thursday (8/10/2020).

Moreover, he said, adults do a lot of activities such as work, productive age, including lifestyle, and travel health conditions.

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All of that, he said, affects the condition of adults so they must still be given vaccines.

Moreover, vaccines that are widely circulating in Indonesia do not protect a person for the rest of his life.

Reisa said, only vaskin Hepatitis B can protect for life.

“So adults also still have to be vaccinated, mainly there are 5 as mandatory from the government. As you get older there are also additions,” he said.

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For people who are over 60 years of age, he said, they must add the recommended vaccines for the elderly (elderly). For example, the use of the PCV vaccine.

He said there was a vaccine booster so that within a certain time, people who had been vaccinated had to be vaccinated again.

“For example, the tetanus vaccine, must be boosted every 10 years. Just like the influenza vaccine, every year you have to be re-vaccinated because the resistance does not last forever,” he said.

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Each vaccine also has a different duration, some are in a short period of time so that there is no protection in a lifetime.

Reisa who is also the Spokesperson for the Handling Task Force Covid-19 said that even the Covid-19 vaccine which is currently being developed will also be of benefit to people of productive age.

“So far, several vaccine manufacturers have prepared for ages 18-59 years, there are also those who can provide up to 65 years,” he said.

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