During this Wednesday, the first day of vaccination against COVID-19 for adults aged 90 and over, the Medical Faculty (Famous) from the University of Chile supported the use of the Coronavac, Sinovac laboratory vaccination.
By means of a statement, the study house indicated that ‘vaccines analyzed and authorized by specialized national and international entities, including the Sinovac vaccine, are safe and have been shown to be effective against the virus, especially against serious diseases ”.
In the same sense, Dr. Juan Pablo Torres, Director of Famed Innovation, a “called on the population to be vaccinated against COVID-19 ″.
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Mass vaccination, along with adherence to preventive measures (such as proper mask use, hand hygiene, social distance, room ventilation and staying home when sick), is the best alternative to control the pandemicThey remembered from college.
Together, “We strongly advise the population to follow the instructions of the health authority”.
COVD-19 @Medicine @uchile Vaccines that have been analyzed and approved by national and international specialist entities, including the SINOVAC vaccine, are safe and have proven to be effective against the virus, especially against serious diseases. https://t.co/MRaI78294h pic.twitter.com/qoOBgh3UBU
– Faculty of Medicine (@MedicinaUChile) February 3, 2021
The statement was also shared by the President of the Medical College (Colmed), Izkia Siches, who supported the message of the U. de Chile.
“Faced with the multiple doubts, here the support of the U. de Chile to this vaccination process“, wrote.
Faced with the multiple doubts that have arisen here is the support of the @uchile to this vaccination process. https://t.co/u4QYXrepCe
– Izkia Siches Pastén (@izkia) February 3, 2021
Famed’s support comes after voices within the health sector questioned the use of Coronavac in vaccination, as did the same university’s immunologist and academic Dr. Maria Carmen Molina.
The professional said that “adults over the age of 60 who have been vaccinated with Sinovac’s Coronavac may be more susceptible to infection with the virus. Allowing its use, on the recommendation of the ISP experts, means having no idea about immunology and endangers human health ”.
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On the same Wednesday, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, stated that “we have the arguments from the Medical College, the Scientific Society, the Infectology Society, the pandemic group of experts, the Chilean Epidemiology Society. Associations have backed the vaccine. Why do we oppose the opinion of 20 people against a scientific society? ”.