The President of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, presented a new research regarding the vaccination of children, in the information about the coronavirus.
According to an article published in the British Medical Journal on how reluctant Covid vaccine has been to affect children in general, a reduction in routine vaccinations has been observed.
In particular, at a vaccination center in Sheffield, England, a reduction in vaccinations for measles, rubella and mumps in children was found.
In children up to 2 years the percentage was lower than 90% and in children up to 5 years it was lower than 85.5%.
In fact, the center will pay a fine for reducing these percentages.
Many believe that the reduction in vaccinations stems from the anti-vaccination climate that has developed within the pandemic.
Also worrying is the fact that in a study asked by parents, 4 out of 10 did not know that measles was a deadly disease.
The WHO aims to have 70% of the world’s population vaccinated by the end of the summer.
Regarding the vaccines, Ms. Theodoridou said that the Novavax Nuvaxovid protein vaccine is recommended for the basic vaccine, while Sanofi has been tested with the aim of being used as a booster dose.
Vaccine booster doses
Ms. Theodoridou reminded that the fourth dose has been approved for immunocompromised patients, in the 3 months after the third.
For children 5-17 years old belonging to the immunocompromised, the third dose has been approved 4 weeks after the second.
Physical and chemical immunity
The duration of natural immunity is short, if not accompanied by chemical, ie vaccination, as antibodies decrease over time.
Vaccination along with infection provide enhanced immunity because memory cells protect even when the antibody titer drops. T-lymphocytes, in fact, are more resistant to virus variants.
The presence of mutations requires the cooperation of both types of immunity, stressed Ms. Theodoridou.
For those who have taken two doses and then became ill, a booster dose should be given after 3 months.
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