Marine Eraville died on July 4 of measles with only 16 years, and had already won for his country, France, swimming medals in three World Transplanted Games.
At two years he received the donation of a heart and He could not be vaccinated due to his immunosuppression. This caused exposure to diseases such as measles, which was considered controlled worldwide and is regrowing with special virulence.
In this specific case, in Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, where the low vaccination rate He left Marine at the mercy of those who are not immunized.
Vaccine Alert in France
Marine is the third victim who dies from measles in the neighboring country in 2018, and puts a face to the consequences of its anti-vaccine current. The debate is again on the table and opinions on social networks have not been long in coming. You can read words on Twitter from experts, such as those of pediatrician Lucía Galán, from well-known celebrities such as Ismael Serrano, but also from many anonymous people.
She could never get vaccinated because she was immunosuppressed, that is, if she was vaccinated she could get sick. It depended on the people around her doing so to not even catch it. The anti-vaccine movement caused that group immunity to be broken. He became ill and died :( //t.co/1ltRqFPtMN
- Van 💫 (@ElizabethUgalde) July 10, 2018
Isn't it true that when it gets expensive, everything changes? She is Marine, 16 years old. Heart transplanted It could not be vaccinated. 3rd death by measles in France in 1 month. When vaccination coverage drops, group immunity is lost #VaccinesWork #Vacunas //t.co/f7IXOcwdAx
- Lucia, my Pediatrician (@luciapediatra) July 10, 2018
Some time ago I wrote in networks about the need to vaccinate to protect immunocompromised children. I was surprised at the belligerence in the responses of some anti-vaccines that advocated their “lifestyle”. I said it was irresponsible and unsupportive. These are the consequences: //t.co/J8ToPAJ3F5
- Ismael Serrano (@SerranoIsmael) July 10, 2018
The vaccination rate for French children is so low that the French government has forced since January 2018 that children have eleven vaccines in order to be admitted to daycare and school. This measure was justified at the time "for health reasons and as a response to environmental skepticism in vaccination."
In fact, an international study published in 2016 by the magazine EBioMedicine, revealed that 41% of the French believed that vaccines are not safe, the most skeptical of the 67 countries investigated. Moreover, according to a survey conducted in France, 27% of French people say they don't vaccinate their children.
That has caused diseases that were believed to be eradicated, such as measles, develop again, causing even deaths such as Marine.
Among the reasons that have led our neighbors to adopt this anti-vaccine role, and that it is scientifically proven that they are false myths:
- The belief that aluminum adjuvants that incorporate vaccines could cause muscle injuries.
- The thought that if infectious diseases have practically disappeared is due to the generalization of hygiene measures, not vaccines.
- Introducing disease antibodies to babies impairs your immune system.
But the authorities are clear: nothing justifies non vaccination and we must combat the rebound of certain diseases caused by lack of immunity.
And what happens in Europe?
The situation is not more optimistic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the rebound of measles in Europe in 2017. According to its data, 35 deaths and 21,315 cases were recorded, 400% more than the previous year. The most punished country is Romania, with 5,00 6 cases, but in Spain 152 people also got measles.
Why is universal vaccination crucial?
The director of the European office of WHO, Zsuzsanna Jakab, emphasizes that "every new person affected by measles in Europe reminds us that unvaccinated children and adults, regardless of where they live, are still at risk of contracting the disease and spreading it to other people who may not be able to get vaccinated. ” Therefore, it urges all countries to include the eradication of measles and rubella among their priority Sustainable Development goals.
Precisely that group immunity is always necessary and more in cases of immunocompromised children, such as Marine Eraville, who cannot be vaccinated and are exposed to diseases that should no longer exist. Your health depends on others getting vaccinated.
In this way, the argument of the currents against childhood vaccination "little guy is not vaccinated and has never caught anything" is not valid at all. Quite the opposite. This is a reason in favor of vaccines, since if you don't get sick it is because vaccines create a social barrier (a group immunity) that minimizes these children making contact with infectious diseases.
Via France Bleu
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