During the past few hours, four cases of measles have been confirmed National health authorities issued an alert to strengthen surveillance in the health system. Carlos Regazzoniformer president of PAMI, was in studies LN+ To analyze the situation he said: “We should not worry, we should take care of ourselves. The only way to prevent the epidemic is to vaccinate children“.
“In Argentina, we are at risk because vaccination levels are very low“, the specialist explained. Then, referring to the deterioration of national public health over the years, he said: “In three decades there has been no jurisdiction at allNeither rich nor poor I was able to adhere to the country’s annual vaccination schedule“.
He was asked about the causes of poor health. Regazzoni stated that it was never a political decision. In the words of the former President of PAMI: “There is no way to promote a healthy strategy for children without including the school. “Before that there were the old school vaccination trends, which ended under the Alfonsin government.”
When analyzing the impact of this disease on the population, Regazzoni noted: “Measles is eight times more contagious than Covid For children and pregnant women, the risk of death is very high.
The expert on the historical record continued: “Most of us living in this era do not know what a measles epidemic represents. This disease has claimed the lives of between 2 and 10 million children around the world.“.
When he talked about the role of vaccines, Regazzoni rolled up his sleeves. “There is a very wrong debate from a scientific standpoint, where it is believed that vaccines do more harm than good. “This is a huge mistake,” he said.
He was asked about the best way to prevent measlesThe expert insisted that “there is nothing better than a vaccine.” “In Canada, there are more than 5,000 cases,” he noted when drawing a geographic projection. Today, the entire American continent is no longer measles-free“.
As a natural consequence of the pessimism that means looking to the horizon, Regazzoni sketched the situation. “In the last two decades in our country, syphilis cases have doubled and hepatitis C cases have tripled. All of this tells us that we’re going to have to do something.“, he concluded.