Pablo Sigal
09/13/2021 6:01 AM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 9/13/2021 6:46 AM
When logic could lead one to think that the Government and the provinces would press the accelerator in the previous STEP to
vaccinate
as many people as possible
against Covid
and improve the social mood of Argentines, the figures indicated
otherwise
.
We will have to see what happens
from here to the legislatures
.
There is a key figure:
63
. According to official information, 63 percent of the country's total population began their vaccination scheme, but 40 percent completed it. In turn, only 63 percent of the people who received the first dose also received the second. That is,
63 from 63
. How many days until the general elections of November 14?
63
.
For numerology, 6 is -among other things-
“provision”
and 3,
“abundance
.” But beyond the anecdote or belief are the facts: in the last week there was a
sharp drop
in vaccination. Even in the middle of the electoral campaign, the national government did not report on the distribution of new batches, among which there are 2 components of Sputnik V and doses of Pfizer.
While in the first week of September the average number of inoculations had been
311,000 per day
- an amount that was already lower than the August figures - in the days that followed there was an even greater decrease, of
27 percent
.
The daily average was
228,679
.
The floor was registered this Sunday of elections, when the number of applications throughout the country was laughable and only reached
5,937 punctures
, according to the registry of the Public Vaccination Monitor.
According to
Clarín
, some provinces did not directly vaccinate and others did very little.
The first doses of Pfizer arrived at Ezeiza, on September 8.
Photo: AFP
On Friday, the Ministry of Health of the Nation had indicated that "the vaccination plan is advancing with a weekly application rate of
2.4 million doses in the last fortnight
."
That must have meant a daily average of 342,857 daily doses.
But the numbers were already less than that even before the testimonial applications of this September 12.
The difference between the first and second doses applied so far in the country is
10,457,495 vaccines
.
That is, it is the amount that is missing to ensure that all those vaccinated up to today with one dose can finally
have two
.
How long will that take?
What will be the
immune scenario
in the general elections of November 14?
As stated, there are 63 days to go to that goal.
If the Government wanted to complete all the schedules by that date, it could do so, since it is an earthly quantity:
165,991 second doses
.
However, one detail raises the question and is whether the vaccines available - the brands in stock - will serve that purpose.
As is known, the problem today is not so much how many vaccines the Government has in its possession, but
which vaccines
.
With the 530,000 doses from the AstraZeneca laboratory arriving on Saturday, Argentina
exceeded 59 million doses
.
Of that total,
47 million
were applied
.
The stock is still 12 million.
Second doses of Sputnik V, whose shortage complicated the Argentine plan.
Photo: Bloomberg
However,
85 percent
of that stock is Sinopharm vaccines, which cannot be used as second doses of other vaccines, as the combination trials did not go well.
That is, they only serve as second doses of themselves.
There is in the folder the chance to use it for the boys: for now there are trials in progress with
no published results
.
In order to really accelerate immunization with second doses, the Russian release of more
second components of Sputnik
V is necessary (there are 2.9 million waiting to be produced by the Richmond laboratory), and the arrival of
more AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines
.
It is already known that Moderna's will only arrive in the first quarter of 2020.
That is the true
net stock
that is needed today to be able to accelerate the application of second doses.
Otherwise, although the logistical capacity towards achieving the target is, it will miss most importantly doses are indispensable input to advance the " better
half" for
pairing
.
63
returns
: in the pool and in dreams it is marriage.
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