Jorge Arturo Castillo
The truth is that I cannot understand it well: if we have already been down for eight consecutive weeks in the pandemic, why do we continue to have a high fatality rate? Someone explain to me, please…
And it is that according to Hugo López-Gatell, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, during the so-called “Pulse of Health”, of the morning presidential conference, in the National Palace, it was stated that practically “ we are going out ”of the so-called third wave or rebound.
The official reiterated: “For the eighth consecutive week in Mexico the reduction of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic is observed” and, in fact, this week began with a 25% reduction in infections.
And, according to the authority, there is a trend towards the unemployment of Covid hospitals, which is great news. However, we must not forget that we are entering the fall, a cold season, which is just when the pandemic can begin to rebound.
Regarding the anti-Covid vaccination, which covers the entire national territory, progress has been seen in the 30 to 39-year-old sector, and with first doses still, in the 18 to 29-year-old group. To date, according to the health authority, 96 million doses have been applied to 92.5 million people and 68% of this population has the complete scheme. Another important fact: 70% of adults have been inoculated.
To date, 109 million doses have been received through various acquisition, donation and packaging schemes in the country. This week, from September 20 to 27, almost four million doses will be received, including one million 750 thousand of ModeRNA, donated by the United States government.
On the other hand, the Institute for Diagnosis and Epidemiological Reference (INDRE) has had a job to spare when identifying the variants of SAR-COV-2. This institution has been able to identify in our country all the letters of the variables, including MU, which, according to many epidemiologists, is the most virulent.
In this same framework of the morning conference, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, current presidential candidate, highlighted the agreements reached last weekend at the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), where democratization and enlargement were discussed. of the production of anti-Covid vaccines, given that the Latin American region has been one of the hardest hit on the planet.
Finally, it goes without saying that among the agreements, referring to anti-Covid vaccines, is to generate the coordination of regulatory entities, which would be a mechanism for the purchase of vaccines and the regional platform for clinical trials.
What should we remember about Alzheimer’s?
Yesterday, September 21, the World Alzheimer’s Day And, therefore, it is worth remembering that there is an increasing number of adults over 65 with this condition; At the same time, today in Mexico there are 1.5 million patients with some type of dementia, of which 900 thousand people have Alzheimer’s.
In this context, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that on the planet there are more than 55 million people (8.1% of women and 5.4% of men over 65 years of age) living with dementia. The overwhelming truth is that this figure will triple by 2050, which gives us a figure close to three million people, especially if we do not act preventively now. At the time.
The medicine cabinet
Until last Friday, September 17, more than 81 amparo lawsuits had been filed in Mexico City (CDMX), requesting the protection of justice to vaccinate minors between 12 and 17 years old against Covid-19. 50 of these 81 amparo lawsuits had already had a favorable resolution, and even the same number of doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine had already been applied.
The number of amparo lawsuits is increasing, but the outcome depends a lot on the court that processes the request. There are some judges who are clearly in favor of granting the suspension, but there are others (such as the Second Administrative Court based in CDMX, among others) who are very much in line with what the Ministry of Health (SSa) has set and President López Obrador. The truth is that this hot potato that this Q4 administration now has in its hands will sooner or later end up burning it.