Getting a flu vaccine is comparable to grabbing tickets during the Spring Festival travel season" is a welcome change

Since September, many places across the country have successively started influenza vaccination this year. After the National Day holiday, vaccination points in Beijing and other places have successively ushered in the peak of vaccination. According to reports, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the public's willingness to receive influenza vaccines has increased this year, and the phenomenon of "second light" in some places has appeared. Many netizens even sighed: booking a flu vaccine is comparable to grabbing tickets during the Spring Festival.
Autumn and winter are the frequent seasons for influenza. At this time of the year, many high-risk groups will take the initiative to get influenza vaccination to prevent influenza and protect themselves. The 2020 version of the National Influenza Prevention and Control Program issued by the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council not long ago proposed that influenza vaccination is a globally recognized effective method for influenza prevention and control. Recently, many places have ushered in the peak of vaccination, which is not only good for individual prevention, but also good for public health safety.
Relevant experts revealed that the annual influenza vaccination rate in my country is 2% to 3%, partly because some people lack scientific understanding of vaccination. In recent years, there have been some rumors and rumors about influenza vaccines, which have affected the vaccination rate to a certain extent. The deep-seated reason is that many people do not have a strong sense of influenza prevention and health, and think that they will not be infected with influenza. This fluke psychology needs urgent correction.
Even with the advancement of medicine, it is easier to treat patients with influenza, but the treatment itself will increase economic costs, time costs, etc., and influenza can also cause death. Governments and functional departments at all levels have been advocating the public to correctly understand influenza, increase awareness of influenza prevention, and take the initiative to vaccinate influenza to protect their own health, the health of people around them, and the health of more people. At the same time, relevant parties have also vigorously popularized vaccine knowledge and health knowledge, and promoted the increase of vaccination rates with knowledge popularization.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic that broke out this year objectively has a positive effect on increasing the influenza vaccination rate. Because some symptoms of flu are similar to those of new coronary pneumonia, many public places take the public's temperature, so only by staying away from flu can you ensure your health and freedom of movement. More importantly, in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, public health awareness has been improved, and many people are aware of the importance of health-health is about life.
In other words, the recent "appropriation of a flu vaccine is comparable to grabbing tickets during the Spring Festival" shows that the public's awareness of prevention and health is increasing. This is a welcome change. When more people's awareness of prevention increases, the habit of getting flu vaccines is expected to be formed. Not only will the chance of individuals getting flu be reduced, but the public health environment will also be safer. In addition, preventing influenza can reduce the use of antibiotics and other drugs, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.
Of course, flu vaccination is hot, and it is also related to related public services. For example, the Beijing Health Commission has developed a navigation electronic map for vaccination sites, which makes it convenient for citizens to vaccinate nearby, which can naturally increase the vaccination rate. Another example is that 25 cities including Guangzhou have launched an appointment service for influenza vaccination that can be vaccinated by the whole family. This convenient service is also of positive significance. Based on factors such as the epidemic situation, experts predict that the flu vaccination rate will reach 4% this year.
Even if the vaccination rate reaches 4% this year, compared with the 30% to 40% flu vaccination rate in some developed countries, there is still a lot of room for improvement. Relevant departments should take this year's new crown pneumonia epidemic as an opportunity to increase the popularization of influenza vaccine knowledge and strengthen vaccine supply and vaccination services; the public should also actively learn about influenza and influenza vaccine related knowledge, and jointly promote the vaccination rate of this type of vaccine. Rapid improvement phase.
This will be a blessing for the vaccinators and also a blessing for public health.