Concerning! Low vaccination rate in high risk group in VI– National Epidemiologist
This is according to National Epidemiologist Harmonie Massiah who was part of a panel of health officials being interviewed by Government Information Service (GIS) on Thursday, May 27, 2021.
“Now regarding the high-risk population of those 60 and above, only 36.5 per cent has received at least one dose of the vaccine. Now that’s concerning to us because we know that age, especially coupled with pre-existing health conditions, increases your risk of severe disease, hospitalization and premature death. For example, persons in their 60’s or 70’s have a greater risk of death hospitalisation and severe symptoms than those in their 50’s and 40’s,” she stated.
Massiah said as of May 23, 2021, some 16,759 doses of the vaccine were administered in the territory, and approximately 11,648 were first dose vaccinations.
“Which means 38.3 per cent of the population and 5,111 second dose vaccinations, meaning that 17 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated,” she said.
She also pointed out that “these numbers are likely to be an underestimation simply because we had a number of persons from the territory who went abroad and got Pfizer and Moderna and Johnson and Johnson. Also, the baseline population we used to calculate these figures might be an overestimation, we really don’t know how many people we have in the population since Irma.”
Only mild side effects of vaccine in territory
The National Epidemiologist also reported that the side effects of the vaccine in the territory have been mild.
“The most prevalent being achy feelings, headache, chills, fatigue, pain and itching at the injection site. We have not to date have any reported cases of severe disease, and we are asking the community, if you have had any rare side effects like diarrhoea, vomiting, blood clots, please report to Public Health so that we can then come back again and inform the public so that they can be further educated,” she urged.
Massiah also said the dominant percentage of persons being vaccinated are males in the 35 to 50 age group.
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24 Responses to “Concerning! Low vaccination rate in high risk group in VI– National Epidemiologist”
TAKE the vaccine and you STILL have a chance of dying(MANY DID)
**Some of you need to really look into this virus, and the truth of where it originated from**
God said for the people in charge to Tell the Truth.....
Working in the transportation industry required numerous vaccine injections during my teens, 20's and 30' to avoid the various epidemics in South America, Africa, the mid-east and the orient. Despite all the double vaccine injections for cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, typhoid, tetanus and polio I survived into my 70's. The double jab of the AZ vaccine was no problem.
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Not true, many are sick and many are having blood clots. They will not know because they put you on hold for a long time, for them to know how you are feeling Ask the private clinics they will give you the info.