Vaccine Delays & Outbreaks: Risks & Confidence Issues

Delayed vaccination and decreased confidence in immunization increase the risk of disease outbreaks, experts warn. The data show that more and more children receive vaccines late, even if the schedule is completed later, and disease control can no longer be effectively ensured. Although vaccination coverage increases after one year of age, the level remains below the threshold necessary to prevent epidemics. At the same time, doctors report a steady decline in vaccinations, both among children and adults. The president of the Romanian Society of Microbiology, professor Dr. Adriana Pistol, believes that one of the big problems is the lack of correct information, including from doctors.
Adriana Pistol: It is obvious that here we have to improve the way in which parents are informed about the need to give the child those vaccines that we have been doing for decades. And, going to adults, we have to admit that only in the last two or three years have we started to put in the public discourse the need of the adult to do certain reminders and, in particular, the need of the adult with certain chronic diseases.
Producer: Professionals in the field of vaccinology emphasize that the late administration of vaccines offers individual protection, but can no longer effectively prevent the spread of diseases in the community, thus increasing the risk of outbreaks and epidemics, RRA editor Adriana Turea also sent us./RADOR RADIO ROMANIA//mnecula/ctuluc