Currently, the Covid-19 vaccination rate among Shanghai’s elderly population remains low. This is the “Achilles’ heel” of the city’s health barrier and a roadblock for further economic and social opening.
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There are many reasons why the elderly are not willing to get vaccinated: they have underlying diseases and are afraid of aggravating the disease; they are afraid of side effects when they are vaccinated or boosted when they are older; There is no need to vaccinate… Medical studies have shown that most worries are unnecessary, and Omicron is pervasive. Medical experts emphasize that it is precisely the elderly who should be vaccinated against the new crown.
Sun Xiaodong, deputy director of the city’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference last week: Compared with the elderly who have not been vaccinated, the elderly who have been vaccinated with the whole basic immunization have the risk of developing severe disease. A 60% reduction in risk; a 90% reduction in risk if a booster shot is given.
For this reason, in some developed countries the priority population for vaccination is the elderly. Japan, for example, has given priority to vaccinating the elderly very early. As of April this year, the proportion of elderly people over 65 years old who received 3 doses of the new crown vaccine in Japan was as high as 86.9%. In England, as of May this year, the average vaccination rate of the population over the age of 70 was 89.5%; the vaccination rate of the population over the age of 95 also reached 86.1%.
So I hope that older friends don’t trust some so-called “advice” and “warning” in Moments and WeChat groups, and get more from authoritative media and press conferences of the State Council and the municipal government. accurate information. If there is no special illness, early vaccination and early booster injections will speed up the establishment of a national health barrier and make due contributions to our elderly friends.
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