The history of humanity is full of diseases that decimated a large part of the population. When there is a disease that spreads in large proportions, doctors and scientists need to act quickly to first prevent contagion and eliminate the epidemic. The main way known in modern times to eliminate a disease is to prevent it, that is, to act before it brings symptoms and contaminates people. And vaccination plays a key role in this regard.
Although the function of the vaccine is quite clear, not everyone understands the logic of applying a small dose of the disease to the person so that the immune system knows the disease and has a greater chance of overcoming it when the individual is infected. With a mixture of society's misinformation and government truculence, the well-known Vaccine Revolt in 1904 was caused precisely because the population still did not understand the immunization process and did not want to receive the vaccine.
To think that questions about vaccination are restricted to the past is a big mistake. Nowadays, activists protest against this form of immunization, including big and well-known names in the international media, such as Canadian actor and comedian Jim Carrey, famous for films such as Dumb and Dumb, The Mask, The Liar and etc.
In addition to making vaccines available on the public network, it is very important that the government also pay attention to the communication and transparency part of the immunization process. When there is a lack of knowledge of the population, a simple process aimed at preserving human life generates unclarified questions and, therefore, harming the whole of society. If large numbers of people are not vaccinated, the risk of an epidemic will continue.
When vaccination campaigns are launched, the participation of democratically elected Chief Executives is very important to publicize immunization and, above all, to bring more credibility to the process.
Another important point for a greater number of people to be immunized is to make vaccines available in all health units. If the individual does not find the vaccine close to his home, the chance of going to another distant hospital is small. Everything that is seen as prevention is traditionally devalued by Spanish, therefore, all facilities must be made available, not to mention that the dissemination and popularization of preventive medicine needs to be better worked by governments.
Written by Diego Rennan of Team Eu Sem Fronteiras.
