new vaccination against influenza A(H1N1) 2009 was half that of a normal year

The new vaccination against influenza was half that of a normal year
EMILIO DE BENITO - Madrid - 29/04/2010

The misgivings about the new flu vaccine has been prolific. Front nine million vaccines that are made in Spain every winter seasonal flu, the latter only decided immunized against H1N1 approximately 4.5 million people, 10% of the population. The data gave yesterday the President of the Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration (SESP), Andreu Segura.

The doctor said that among the risk population, the percentage of those vaccinated was 20%. Taking into account that the immunization against the flu usually comes every winter to over 65% of those over 65 years, the main group affected, the coverage rate was very low. This shows the "mistrust" of the population to how it has handled the pandemic and messages, sometimes contradictory, the experts, Segura said during a conference on the new influenza organized by the Medical Association in Madrid.

At the meeting held on two fronts that have been in continuous confrontation this year on the scope of the flu and the possible need for special measures, which demonstrates that even the experts agree.