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Vaccines|Leung Cheuk-wai advocates the default acquiescence mechanism in residential care homes for the elderly

2022-01-09T05:38:44.785Z


The Hong Kong government has recently made great efforts to take the needle. Leung Cheuk-wai, an expert advisor to the government and dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said today (9th) on the radio program "Speak Clearly" that the elderly belong to the highest priority group for vaccination, but the vaccination rate is still low, reiterating


The Hong Kong government has recently made great efforts to give needles. Leung Cheuk-wai, an expert advisor to the government and dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said on the radio program "Speak Clearly" today (9th) that the elderly belong to the highest priority group for vaccination, but the vaccination rate is still low, reiterating that vaccination Not only for "drinking tea with grandson", but also for "protecting grandson".

He also suggested doubling the vaccination capacity of each vaccination center and extending the service hours. He is also studying to allow medical students and nursing students to join the vaccination ranks, so as to push the vaccination rate to the highest level in the next three months.


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Liang Zhuowei quoted the vaccination data, indicating that the protection against the original virus strain is very high after vaccination, but the effect on Omicron is reduced. 95% and 70% of the vaccines were effective in preventing severe illness and death, respectively, and two injections of Sinovac and one injection of Fubitai were effective in preventing severe illness and death.

He continued to point out that six months after two injections, the efficacy dropped to almost zero, and three to six months after three injections of Fubitai vaccine, the protective power increased to 80%; after three injections of Kexing vaccine, the protective effect was only 2 Two injections of Kexing and one injection of Fubitai have a protective power of 30 to 50%, so it is emphasized that the third injection of vaccine must be vaccinated to prevent infection.

He said frankly that the slogan for SARS in 2003 was "wash your hands, wash your hands" and this time it should be "injection, injection, injection."

Leung Cheuk-wai believes that the elderly are the priority group for vaccination, but the vaccination rate is still low, with only 3% of the population aged 80 or above receiving three shots.

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Leung Cheuk-wai urges the elderly to get injections: not only drinking tea with grandson but also protecting grandson

Liang Zhuowei believes that the elderly are the priority group for vaccination, but the vaccination rate is still low. Only 3% of the 80-year-old or older group is vaccinated with three shots. 10 times that of a child."

In the face of the elderly still hesitating about vaccines, he reiterated, "It's not just about drinking tea with your grandson, you all want to protect your grandson. There are several grandchildren in a group of 20 or so flight attendants and mothers. How about grandchildren in the border? Doing square dancing? Instead, grandpa and grandma go to square dancing, and then provoke the children, and then provoke the grandchildren.”

(Injection) It's not just about drinking tea with your grandson, you all want to protect your grandson. There are several grandchildren in the group of 20 or so flight attendant mothers. How about grandchildren who are in the edge?

Why don't you go to the square dance?

And the grandfather and grandma went to dance in the square, and then provoked the children and daughters, and then provoked the grandchildren.

Leung Cheuk-wai, Government Expert Advisor, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong

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Leung also pointed out that in the past, the promotion of influenza vaccination in elderly dormitories was very successful, with the vaccination rate reaching over 95%. The family refused, otherwise they would help to get vaccinated, emphasizing that "the more medicines you eat, the higher the risk of death from infection, and the more you should be vaccinated."

The Hong Kong University Vaccination Center doubles the daily vaccination volume to 600 needles for medical students and nursing students

When asked about the arrangement of the vaccination center, he bluntly said, "We are running a tight marathon. This marathon is more difficult. The section of the road goes to the highest mountain. No one climbs the mountain tightly. He is out of breath and keeps looking back because he will fall down the mountain. ”, so the past measures will not be evaluated at this stage, but it is said that the vaccination center of the University of Hong Kong has increased the daily 300 doses to 600 doses at 9 am this morning, and the appointments for the first week are fully booked, reflecting the great demand.

He encouraged each vaccination center to double the vaccination capacity and extend the vaccination time to avoid a situation where it is difficult to find one.

He also pointed out that he had received a call from the government a few days ago, hoping to let medical students and nursing students join the ranks of vaccination. He is now studying the details of insurance and supervision. rate to the highest.

In addition, Leung Cheuk-wai criticized Fosun, the general agent of Forbidden, for not applying to lower the vaccination age to primary school students, making it impossible for children in Hong Kong to choose vaccines with stronger protection. You don't help the people of Hong Kong with vaccines. I think the two pharmaceutical companies are extremely irresponsible." He urged the pharmaceutical companies to explain it as soon as possible.

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Source: hk1

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