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Vaccinating children "means putting their well-being above all else."

Which not only equates to the absence of illness, but also to the quality of their days.

"We make the little ones lead a life as ... children. Play, go to school, play sports, have fun."

Summarizes

Alberto Villani, director of the emergency department, acceptance and general pediatrics baby Jesus

in Italy

,

the reasons should ( "and I hope") convince a father of the importance of the vaccine against the coronavirus in children 5 to 11 years.

This expert solves some of the doubts that many parents have at the prospect of vaccinating the smallest of the house:

Where do we start from? The concept of well-being. We cannot think of taking as a parameter the two extremes, death and life. For children, quality of life is fundamental, which is a supreme good, necessary to grow in health. If they do not have it, they run the risk of losing their composure in a crucial phase of their growth. He has repeatedly denounced the increase in psychiatric and psychological problems in this age group, linked precisely to the restrictive rules imposed by the Covid. we observed an increase in very serious pathologies in the hospital. Suicide attempts, self harm, eating disorders. The cause can be attributed in part to the home confinement experienced during the shutdown and the uncertainties afterward. I mean the impossibility of going to school, of meeting with classmates,to play soccer with friends. For the only children, the isolation was very stressful. Should, therefore, be considered the vaccination against Covid as a tool of social health? A healthy child is a social good. Vaccination plays a decisive role. There is a very strong indication from Italian pediatricians, expressed with a recently published document: Families wonder: severe cases of Covid in childhood are rare, children get sick with mild symptoms. Why expose them to the risk of vaccines that we do not yet know well? It is not true that we do not know them. There are approximately 5 billion immunized adults worldwide. Vaccines are safe and effective products. In the United States and Israel,the 5 to 11 year immunization campaign has already started and there is currently no evidence of relevant side effects. The pediatric dose is one third that of adults.

If a vaccine works in adults, it is even better for children

who have a more efficient immune system. Furthermore, we do not underestimate the risk of Mis-c, the pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, which can have very serious consequences.

At the Gaslini hospital in Genoa, which recently published a report on the situation in Liguria

,

29 cases of the syndrome were observed in patients aged 4 years on average, with an incidence of 200 cases per 100,000 of Covid, much higher than children with other diseases . An underrated phenomenon?

I think we should pay more attention to it.

Mis-c is a new disease, it cannot be excluded that some Italian cases have not been classified as such. Should we be concerned about the omicron variant?

The omicron variant is spreading very quickly.

In addition to being an extraordinary opportunity, vaccination is a child's right.

Let's put mistrust aside.

The American and European drug agencies have approved the vaccine and have verified its safety and efficacy. Can allergic, asthmatic or celiac children be vaccinated? They should and can.

They will be evaluated, like everyone else, by their reference pediatrician with the possibility of receiving the dose in hospitals out of extreme caution.

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