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Turkey in the fight against coronavirus vaccine in opposition to society counting days for the vaccine is rising from good to better. Although experts state that the Kovid vaccine will be subjected to the necessary tests and the safety will be kept at the highest level, some people have question marks against this vaccine. As the world struggled with the coronavirus epidemic, another epidemic risk emerged. Vaccination and restrictions also increased the risk of measles. Recently, measles cases have increased significantly in the world.

While the coronavirus epidemic has increased its impact all over the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out that the cases of measles are on the rise worldwide. In the report prepared by WHO, it was pointed out that due to the restrictions applied within the scope of the fight against Covid-19, vaccinations worldwide fell below critical levels and fell to the worst figures of almost a quarter of a century. The WHO stated that millions of children are at risk of illness this year, as restrictions placed around the world further disrupt vaccination programs. Measles is known to be more contagious than Covid-19, Ebola, tuberculosis or flu. WHO stated that measles infected 870 thousand people worldwide last year and caused the deaths of more than 207 thousand people. In the report, it was stated that the cases of measles have increased to the worst levels since 1996 in all WHO regions last year due to the lack of vaccination required to protect societies from infectious diseases.

‘RİSK İNCREASED’

Konya Metropolitan Hospital Child Health and Diseases Uzm, who informed that deaths caused by measles were reduced by 73 percent with vaccination. Dr. Hülya Kartekin said, “The most basic concept of vaccination studies is community immunity. All members of the society are also protected, since the possibility of an epidemic is reduced if a critical proportion of the society is vaccinated against infectious diseases. Now, vaccination studies for Kovid-19 are also for this reason, ”he said. As the number of vaccine opponents increased, so did the risk of measles. Measles, which has come to an end, started to show itself seriously due to the increasing vaccination opposition in the world. Turkey with 716 in 2018. The number of cases in general, rose to 2 thousand 905 in 2019. According to the data, the number of families not vaccinated has increased 125 times in the last 7 years from 183 to 23 thousand. According to experts, the most important reason for this is the increasing vaccination opposition in the world in recent years.

‘2-3 MILLION DEATHS CAN BE PREVENTED BY IMMUNIZATION!’

Referring to the reasons for anti-vaccination, Kartekin said, “The statements that the chemical substances contained in vaccines are harmful to human health, vaccine producing companies are concerned about money, vaccine reliability, philosophical and religious reasons or that it is possible to protect from these diseases by natural means cause anti-vaccination. However, all over the world, vaccine-preventable diseases have been greatly reduced with the routine vaccination program, and approximately 2-3 million deaths can be prevented every year with vaccination ”. Noting that vaccination should increase in order to eliminate the risk of epidemic, Kartekin said, “The first dose of measles vaccine is given at the age of 12 months and the second dose is given in primary school 1. While the vaccination rate is 97 percent in the first dose, it drops by 73 percent in the primary school 1st grade dose. The reason for the measles outbreaks is the low percentage of vaccines in the first grade of primary school. In order to eliminate the risk of an epidemic, vaccination must rise above 94 percent ”.

‘ANTI-VACCINE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM’

Emphasizing that anti-vaccination is a public health problem, Kartekin said, “While the number of families who do not vaccinate in our country was 183 in 2010, it was 23 thousand in 2017. The best answer to the misleading opinions of anti-vaccines is the study in the USA titled "What would happen if we stopped the vaccines?" This study demonstrated how cases and deaths increased when the vaccination rate decreased. Outbreaks occur as the vaccination rate drops in a society. For this reason, the decision of whether or not to be vaccinated does not only concern that person, but the whole society ”. Informing that more than 80 thousand measles cases have been seen in Europe, Kartekin stated that this number is the highest in the last 10 years. Kartekin said, “The World Health Organization (WHO) cited the anti-vaccine movement as one of the 10 global health threats in 2019. Measles is a contagious disease and can cause serious health problems, including lung and brain damage, ”he said.

‘KKK DOES NOT CAUSE AUTISM’

Saying that the allegations that the KKK (measles, rubella, mumps) vaccine causes autism are unscientific claims, Kartekin said, “Research is done on social media. It shows that news without scientific basis contains false information about the vaccine and gives negative messages. Turkey is an increase of the number of cases with less than one percent compared to Europe. Vaccination services are a public responsibility. For this reason, it is to enlighten the public about diseases that can be prevented by vaccine in the light of scientific data. Physicians should persuade families by presenting scientific data that will resolve parents' hesitation. "The pollution of information about vaccination in the media should be prevented, and the society should be enlightened with scientific facts about vaccines." Kartekin finally said, “With healthy living conditions, clean food and water supply, we can be protected from diseases without the need for vaccination. It is better to be sick than vaccinated. He pointed out that claims such as “vaccines are not as protective as the disease itself” are false.

SÜMEYRA KENESARI / YENİ HABER