I believe in sciencenot blindly but with the conviction that it is the most reliable expression of human thought. and I believe in medicine although I understand it is not an exact science.But it is an applied science that must face human fluctuations; Every individual has different anatomy and genetics and therefore the outcome of treatments may also be different and therefore not completely predictable. He said that The skepticism that some people show toward medical treatments despite the great scientific advances that support them never ceases to amaze me. Saving people from diseases that were necessarily fatal not long ago. time Imaginary patient De Molière died long ago, and with him those charlatans who showered their patients with enemas and leeches.
The greatest contempt for what medicine has proven to do for human health is shown in… Anti-vaccine movements in which I can’t help but appreciate the same intellectual poverty I attribute to flat earthers. It is therefore difficult for me to understand that figures whom I admire for their artistic or sporting career, such as Novak Djokovic, Miguel Bosé, or Victoria Abril, among others, have fallen into denial when vaccines have done so much for humanity.
Since Edward Jenner invented the first smallpox vaccine in 1796 The development of immunization mechanisms against viruses and bacteria has saved many lives Any argument to the contrary is incomprehensible, whether due to Mistrust of medicine and religious fundamentalismLike those who believed that vaccines are not Christian because they come from an animal. Only in the last 50 years, according to the World Health Organization, Vaccines have prevented more than 150 million confirmed deathsOf them, 146 million are children under the age of five.
We have very recently what Coronavirus vaccines They have been a lifeline in the face of a pandemic whose devastating effects seem to have no end. A pandemic that has claimed more than one and a half million lives in Europe alone, including… Nearly 122,000 were in our country. The most superficial estimates indicate that without these vaccines, which had to be developed in record time, at least 127,000 more of our citizens would have died from the virus.
Despite this evidence, we witness, with astonishment, how the President of the United States appoints a Secretary of State for Health to a vaccine such as Robert Kennedy, who reduced research into mRNA vaccines by 500 million, which, in addition to showing their effectiveness in the Covid pandemic, promised to make progress in the face of future threats. Kennedy and Trump also fueled hoaxes such as those linking autism to childhood vaccines. Hoaxes infect networks of stupidity and ignorance, generate mistrust and rejection of vaccination campaigns without scientific support, which endangers not only the health of those who do not get vaccinated, but also the health of others because how many people The more people protect themselves, the more the spread of the virus will be limited. This can reach vulnerable groups.
Now with the arrival of the first cold weather of fall, colds, flu and Covid, among other respiratory infections, are back. Two weeks later, we will be in December, which, along with January, records the highest levels of infection. The statistics confirm this Eight out of 10 patients in the ICU for influenza have not been vaccinated. It is science, not deception
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