This week has returned the controversial issue of chickenpox vaccine to our lives Although our toilets in even the WHO recommend putting it at 12 months, the government insists that only children from 12 years who have not passed the disease (or in cases of risk) will be placed, but this time it has been the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control of the European Union who argues that the vaccination of chickenpox in newborns allows a "significant and sustained" decrease in cases.
Just this week we knew the news that in a center of Cádiz there is an outbreak of the virus and about 30% of the students are infected. Sincerely, when the voices that explain statistical data are so important that the vaccine is essential, it is incomprehensible that the government ignores such important organizations.
One of the most complicated issues to understand is that the vaccine is banned for free sale (except in Navarra, Ceuta and Melilla), and has assigned its management to the hospital environment, so parents are going to have to continue juggling if we want to vaccinate our children before the age of 12
And what has the government done about the vaccine?
We already know that we have started with the election time and that is why we have begun to hear announcements that directly affect our families, such as the "baby check" (which I put in quotes for what it will actually be), and because within the vaccine calendar they have included that of the pneumococcus but unfortunately once again they have forgotten chickenpox.
The European body has stated that a good vaccination program is noted in the figures and has set an example to Germany, where the morbidity caused by chickenpox has been reduced by more than 75 percent. Apparently the only one who does not realize the seriousness of the matter translated into more frequent and more serious cases, and the way forward, is the Spanish government.
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