The Society of Balearic Paediatrics (Sopeba) and the Balearic Association of Primary Care Paediatrics (Apapib) have published a joint statement recommending Covid vaccination for children. The text released yesterday concludes that the immunisation process will be beneficial both for their own state of health and to prevent further viral spread.
In the statement, the two organisations point out that Covid is a “generally mild disease in childhood, but also causes severe cases, ICU admissions and deaths”, they warn. They also reveal that most paediatric admissions to the ICU for Covid are due to the so-called Paediatric Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome (PMIS) which occurs mainly in healthy children in the age group that is about to start vaccination (between 5 and 12 years old). In the Balearic Islands 197 children have required hospital admission so far during the pandemic and 14 of them ended up in the ICU.
Covid vaccination on children
Another argument in favour of vaccination is that the latest data on cumulative incidence in this age group (under 12 years old) place it as the highest with 547.22 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over 14 days. “As seems logical, given the proven efficacy of vaccines, infection, and especially the most serious cases, has shifted towards the unvaccinated population,” they conclude.
Having defended the efficacy and safety of the childhood vaccine, paediatricians estimate that the effects of vaccination will be beneficial, both directly and indirectly. Directly, by reducing cases of infection and severe disease as well as the long-term effects of long Covid.
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