The vaccination against COVID-19 still active and, although two years have passed since the beginning of the confinement, the evolution of the virus continues together with the administration of bivalent vaccines in Spain. The injection of these is related to greater protection, but does not prevent the impossibility of contagion, while the effectiveness decreases over time. whatWhy does this loss of effectiveness occur and how often should we get a new shot?
The president of the Spanish Vaccination Association, Jaime Pérez, also deputy director of public health for the region of Murcia and during the pandemic, a Covid spokesperson told EFE everything indicates that from now on the vaccination will be annual.
Furthermore, certain age groups and pathologies will be privileged, since it will not be necessary to vaccinate the entire population in general. “If Pfizer and Moderna have started clinical trials of the combined flu and covid vaccines will be for a reasonHe wonders.
As of Nov 25, the covid indicators have hardly changed and They remain stable compared to last weekwith hospital occupancy in the range of 3% ea cumulative incidence level in those older than 59 years of 181 cases for every hundred thousand inhabitants.
The report of Ministry of Healthonly the 7-day incidence indicator decreased, from 90 to 81 points, while there are 34 fewer patients admitted to hospitals across Spain since last Friday (for a total of 3,779).
The president of the Spanish Vaccination Association indicates that the virus continues to be a pathology before which more lives can be saved if we continue to vaccinate the population that has indicated it (the elderly and risk groups), “and unfortunately we cannot relax“.
Pérez vividly recalls the date of December 27, 2020 when vaccination began throughout Europe, which in one year saved the lives of half a million people in Spain and around 15,000 in the Region of Murcia. But he also remembers that first visit to a nursing home when an outbreak was detected in it and when he saw what was happening he couldn’t hold back the tears.
This expert is confident that in the future the Administrations will have theto the choice of the vaccine thanks to the work of WHOwhose scientists have been announcing the predominant flu strains in advance for years and whose work could also focus on the new variants of the covid that will have to be addressed in the next vaccination campaigns.
so inside China And India they were administered a few weeks ago nasal vaccinesbut for now Europe they did not receive data on its effectiveness.
Pérez says the type of vaccine they had received had never been communicated to the population before. He points out that no one knows the flu shot he received. “In the end, the important thing is that you are vaccinated,” he says.
late vaccination
As for the current flu campaign, in the southern hemisphere and particularly in Australia It was intense and early, so it should be happening now in Europe. With the population easing in terms of distancing and hygiene measures that has characterized the last two years of the covid pandemic, there could be more cases.
In the face of winter, cases should increase, as usual, and the deputy director of public health of the Murcia region recommends ′′ don’t get vaccinated late ′′ since it’s starting to arrive.
