Because “children 5-11 years old have not been vaccinated” and the rate of new infections is increasing. According to the Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand, from January 5-12, there are almost 7,000 infected children aged under 1 year, 26 people aged 1-6 years, over 1,400 people aged 6-12 years, over 2,200 people aged 12-18. Year Nearly 3,000 people died last year to this year 63
This figure reflects that “Infection in children is not serious” does not mean. “Children are not a risk group,” especially those with obesity. chronic respiratory disease heart disease and stroke chronic renal disease cancer, hypothyroidism, diabetes and genetic disease group There is always a chance of serious complications.
Therefore, children still need to be vaccinated once morest COVID-19, with “parents” worried regarding the possible side effects following vaccination. “Ministry of Health” came out to confirm the safety as well. The “0.2 cc pediatric formula” is a Pfizer vaccine. In America, over 9 million children have been injected and there are no serious problems.
Recently, the FDA has approved the Sinovac vaccine and the Sino Farm injection for children 6 years of age and older as an alternative for parents as well. Assoc. 2022 “Covid Omicron” entered the epidemic in Thailand rapidly, expanding to replace “Delta” almost the whole country.
Advantages “Omicron” is a mutated germ that often sticks to the nose. The throat is then coupled with people who have been vaccinated extensively to help reduce the severity of symptoms. But the epidemic is relatively fast as before.
Previously, it was expected that “Patients may exceed 1-3 thousand per day,” but the opposite is now. “The number of infected people is close to ten thousand people per day” until 2 assumptions are made, which is the first assumption … “The numbers are not true” because only the total number of positive RT-PCR tests, excluding the test results. ATK can make a number lower than it really is.
The second hypothesis…“The 4th wave outbreak has not reached its peak” that the virus may be hiding during incubation and preparing to be passed on to others. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the Omikron outbreak for another month. If the number is stable near ten thousand people per day like this, there is a possibility that the 4th wave has passed the peak.
Worrying is often said. “Omicron is nothing. The symptoms are not severe.” In practice, government agencies Instead, he would take care of the new infected like a terrible epidemic. by bringing the patient asymptomatic or those with mild symptoms go to bed in the hospital “The beds were almost full everywhere.” Fortunately, the infection was not so much. The public health system can also support it.
In fact…“The bed should be prepared for the critically ill patients.” Therefore, I would pray that “Omikronwill not spread more than this” because if the treatment is like this “The number of infected people is soaring” may not be able to accommodate beds in time can affect the public health system. Factors from some hospitals want to bring the cost of treating patients to reimburse the government as income.
next in the story “Vaccination quality”. Currently, this existing vaccine is still an older version, made from the Wuhan strain. causing the performance to decrease gradually For example, the AstraZeneca vaccine, the mRNA vaccine, protects once morest delta strains. But the inactivated vaccine does not prevent it. Of the omikron strains, only the mRNA vaccine was able to cope with 70%.
what is waiting “Second generation vaccine” that will be effective once morest all strains of covids are now spreading. Initially, vaccine manufacturing companies are accelerating the development. It is expected that “Thai people” will be able to use it by the end of 2022. As for vaccines made by Thai people, there is a chance that there will be obstacles to find volunteers. that has never been more difficult to vaccinate and also have to encounter problems in the process of re-production as well
Issue… “vaccination for children aged 5 years and over” This matter, parents are quite worried regarding the side effects following vaccination has occurred since Vaccination among children 12-18 years old who fear myocardial infarction following vaccination mRNA. This is all the emotion that comes from consuming too much drama and most of it is negative.
Therefore, should consume the news in moderation and turn to accept the small things that will happen. especially the current drama that originated from the word “Don’t vaccinate because Thai children will be rats” This is a serious misunderstanding. Because in the past, there has never been a trial of vaccination in children at all.
But taking the results of foreign studies into consideration of safety principles, such as a study in the United States, endorsing an effective Pfizer vaccination for children 5-11 years old. and did not find any side effects
Therefore, when “American children are well injected…Thai children have to be injected and are safe as well”, and the amount of vaccine used for children is only one-third of the dose given to adults. It causes fewer side effects similar to injections in older children, such as fever, chills, pain, swelling, redness at the injection site. Therefore, if parents can accept this level of symptoms, there is no need to worry too much.
“Despite the fact that vaccines for children, pediatricians They have been waiting for a long time. Today, Thai children have been vaccinated. They believe that parents decide to allow their children to receive vaccination for more than half of Thai children across the country. As for those who are still worried, they may need to give them some time to consider, probably bringing their children to inject themselves.” Dr. Chitsanu said.
Emphasizes that “danger in children infected with Covid, mild symptoms” that often have a chance of complications following a long-term recovery of 3 diseases, namely the first disease … “Misssy (MIS-C)” caused by the immune fluctuation that causes symptoms. inflammation in various organs throughout the body Although complications of this disease are rare, the risk of death is very high.
that means ‘Children infected with coronavirus do not die, but die from complications from ‘Missy’ caused by gastrointestinal symptoms. and abnormal heart function has the potential for sudden shock. This is a matter of concern for pediatricians. The second disease… “Long Covid” is a residual symptom following being infected in the long term.
The third disease… “diabetes incidence”, the cause of children infected with coronavirus, causing diabetes is not yet clear. But during this period, the number of children suffering from diabetes has increased. Moreover, “children who are sick still have a great impact on the family” because they have to go out for treatment alone. So don’t think that covid in children is not only severe. but should look at the other side effects as well
Of course, “Covid will become endemic in the future” because people have become accustomed to the epidemic for a long time, the “government” has to take care of the sick. And spending a lot of budget on surveillance and prevention for more than 2 years, but can not completely wipe out the virus.
Therefore, people must take care of themselves. Because in the future, epidemic surveillance measures will gradually relax. The atmosphere will be like no need for RT-PCR, but quarantine at home instead.
Finally, leave it “Should consume news from government agencies. or professional associations” as a basis for weighing during the child to be infected with COVID or consent to the child being vaccinated Because even if it can’t prevent a hundred percent, at least it helps to pay heavy installments “The side effects following injection are not as many as you think,” but it is also quite effective and safe.
He reiterated that “even if an adult or a child is infected with COVID, the symptoms are not severe”, but there are still long-term complications following recovery. “A lot scarier than I thought” If there is a chance, take a vaccine to prevent it before it’s better…
