As expected, since the Medication Agency blocked the distribution of chickenpox vaccine a few months ago, cases have been increasing. But not only there are more cases of chickenpox in children, but also has occurred an increase in complications in children who catch the disease.
Let's talk numbers. As of October 5, a total of 135,073 cases had occurred, when 118,970 had been recorded in the same period of 2013, 16,103 fewer. That is, chickenpox cases have increased this year by 13.5% compared to the same period last year.
From the prohibition of sale in pharmacies (it can only be purchased in bordering countries) and that the Ministry of Health asked parents not to vaccinate their children before the age of 12, it was clear that the infections were going to start spreading very quickly.
The saddest thing is that it is a very contagious disease that was perfectly controlled and about to eradicate. We have gone back many years, as in so many other things in health matters.
In the end the big ones are the children. 15% of those affected suffer complications due to chickenpox virus and some cases even require hospitalization. Although it is a disease that causes benignly, although it is very annoying for children, when complications occur they are usually serious.
The truth is that It is outrageous that cases of chickenpox in children are increasingThat parents cannot choose to immunize our children, not only because they have stopped subsidizing but because the vaccine is not available anywhere.
