Pablo Sigal
08/24/2021 11:50 AM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 08/24/2021 11:50 AM
"There are not five million vaccines in the refrigerator."
Carla Vizzotti returned this morning from her trip to Russia, from where she was able to bring
more than 200 thousand second doses of Sputnik V
, and said that phrase.
The objective was to defend the vaccination plan based on the bomb that the presidential adviser Eduardo López had dropped a few hours earlier.
"Having 5 million vaccines in the refrigerator is
a failure
."
Strictly speaking, Vizzotti is right. It is very likely that the 5 million vaccines
are not in the refrigerators
. Some, at this very moment, must be applying. Others must be in transit. Others, so that they do not spoil, hopefully they are in the refrigerator. The problem is not where the vaccines are, but
how many were distributed and how many were applied
, taking into account the urgency that the arrival of the Delta variant implies.
The
numbers
of the Public Monitor Vaccination does not require explanation or metaphors. There is a pattern that is not from yesterday: it has been repeated at least since June. The
slowness of the vaccination operation
was a feature of the official management. It is true that the responsibility to each puncture does not depend on the national government, although propping and the
final result.
These numbers indicate that of the total of
44,491,834 vaccines distributed
in the provinces, there are
39,605,804 applied
.
The difference is
4,886,030 vaccines
.
Are they all in the refrigerators?
Impossible to know and most likely not.
That is to say, that the situational status of each one is different.
The important thing is how many vaccines there are and how many Argentines were vaccinated.
The important thing is not to mix health objectives with political ones.
When the infectologist Eduardo López spoke on Monday and said what he said, it was evident that there was no political intention in his spirit.
He explained
an evident deficit
from rationality and the epidemiological emergency.
The infectologist Eduardo López, presidential advisor.
In the middle of the electoral campaign, the Government tried to take the initiative and a few hours after López's words reported that the country had reached
"the August goal"
: to have vaccinated 60 percent of those over 50 with two doses.
What to say to the
other 40 percent
of those over 50 who still have a single dose.
While almost 5 million vaccines are in refrigerators or elsewhere in Argentina -but not applied-,
3 million inhabitants
over 18 years of age have not yet received the first dose of the Covid vaccine, while
18 million of the elderly
have also not received the second dose.
The reality is not the same throughout the country: just look at the Monitor to see which are the provinces that, with their slower inoculations, make the
stock of vaccines
remain constant and inexplicably high.
There are provinces with more than 40 percent of vaccines not applied.
The reality is not the same throughout the national territory.
Other districts are almost up
to date between what is received and what is applied
.
And if, for example, the number of second components of Sputnik V that there were to distribute now were greater than 200 thousand doses, surely they could vaccinate much more.
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