The Minister of Health of the City, Fernán Quirós, explained that groups with deficiencies in the immune system will receive a fourth dose of the vaccine for the coronavirus in CABA since March.
And he clarified that Although it is a fourth injection, it works as a booster to maintain immunity against the virus.
To complete the idea, Quirós described how primary vaccination schedules work. “Vaccination against COVID-19 has a primary scheme, the first and second dose, which are necessary to activate the immune system and protect against the disease, this is the case for the vast majority of citizens”.
On the other hand, there are certain specific groups that “have a lower immune response, either because they are receiving chemotherapy, or because they are receiving immunosuppressants for being transplanted, or because they receive corticosteroids, or are undergoing hemotherapy treatment, or suffer from a disease that has damaged their immunity, whether it is a congenital or acquired disease such as HIV “, Quiros pointed out
“In those cases in which the immune system does not respond well, the primary scheme with two doses is not enough. For this reason, there are two-dose primary regimens for the vast majority of citizens and three-dose primary regimens.Quiros explained.
These people are the first to receive a extra dose in November of last year, in CABA and throughout the country. Is about “people with immunocompromise or who have a double dose of the Sinopharm vaccine and are over 50 years old”, are those who received a third dose as of November, which was not considered a booster dose, but rather a third dose to reach the primary scheme that in other groups is achieved with two doses and thus equalize the immune response”.
For the general population, what is applied is a booster dose, a third injection. In this group, in which immunity has already been activated with two doses, “the booster is applied periodically to maintain the same effect or the same power of immunity,” said the head of the Buenos Aires health portfolio.
“What we have to do now is to give the reinforcement to that group whose primary scheme was three doses “Quirós said and explained that although it is a fourth dose, it fulfills the role of a third dose in the rest of the population, it works as a reinforcement to maintain immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This immunocompromised group received the additional injection starting in November, so from March they will begin to receive shift assignment.
The fourth dose for the general population “has not yet been decided, it is an issue that is being evaluated and seeing the opportunity and form.”
Back to school
Regarding the mandatory use of the chinstrap, the Minister of Health of the City explained again why andThe Buenos Aires government decided to eliminate the mandatory chinstrap up to third grade: “Any public policy that imposes restrictions seeks a social benefit, of a health nature, but it also causes harm. Between that balance between harms and benefits, the use of a chinstrap from first to third grade hinders the acquisition of language, reading, writing and literacy.”
Evaluating the pedagogical needs of the boys and the collateral effect of the use of face masks in the boys in the literacy stage, Quirós highlighted that “The damage caused by the use of a mask from the first to the third grade, exceeds the benefits of avoiding contagion, that is why we believe that it is convenient for the comprehensive health of children to avoid its use, but we believe that in fourth grade that language acquisition already It’s consolidated.”
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