Original title: The average age of death of new crown patients is over 70 years old, experts remind eligible elderly people to get vaccinated as soon as possible
CCTV News on November 22 (Reporter Men Tingting) At 10:34 on November 22, the “Xiaoxue” solar term was ushered in. Coming with Koyuki is a new round of large-scale cold wave. At 18:00 on November 21, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued a blue warning for cold wave, yellow warning for blizzard, and yellow warning for sea gale at the same time. Affected by a new round of cold waves, my country’s central and eastern regions are experiencing large-scale windy and cooling weather, with cooling rates exceeding 10°C in some areas. As the temperature drops sharply, adding clothes to keep warm has become the main theme, especially for the elderly with weaker physiques.
In addition to reminding the elderly to add clothing to resist the cold in time, it is also an important task to help the elderly who meet the vaccination requirements to make appointments for vaccinations against the new crown virus as soon as possible.
The elderly and people with underlying diseases are at high risk of severe illness from the new coronavirus pneumonia. According to statistics, the average age of death of new crown patients in all countries is over 70 years old, and the risk of severe illness and death in the elderly after infection with the new crown virus is significantly higher than that of adults and children.
A few days ago, a reporter from China Broadcasting Corporation interviewed Zheng Zhongwei, the leader of the vaccine research and development team of the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Scientific Research Team. He introduced to reporters that “the elderly and people with basic diseases are at high risk of severe illness from the new coronavirus pneumonia.”
According to public data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, taking the hospitalization and death risks of people aged 18-29 after being infected with the new crown virus as the baseline, the risk of hospitalization for people aged 50-64 has increased by 4 times, and the risk of death has increased by 30 times; 65-74 The risk of hospitalization for people aged 75-84 years has increased by 5 times and the risk of death by 90 times; the risk of hospitalization for people aged 75-84 has increased by 9 times, and the risk of death has increased by 220 times; the risk of hospitalization for people over 85 years has increased by 15 times, and death The risk increased 570 times.
The severe cases and deaths that require hospitalization caused by the new coronary pneumonia mainly occur in the elderly. Only by increasing and strengthening the vaccination rate of the elderly can the excessive occupation of medical resources, especially the intensive care unit (ICU), and even running over, be prevented. Reduce the death of new coronary pneumonia; from another perspective, the significance and effect of vaccinating the new crown vaccination for the elderly, especially the elderly.
It is very necessary for the elderly to be vaccinated against the new crown, but the current rate of the new crown vaccination among the elderly in my country is relatively low compared with foreign countries.
Zheng Zhongwei said that this is mainly because the development of the epidemic situation in different countries is different, and the vaccination strategy is also different. In some countries with more severe epidemics, based on the consideration of the high risk of severe illness and death of the elderly after infection, the elderly are given priority to vaccinate. Generally, vaccination is started from 80 years old, then 70-79 years old, 60-69 years old, and then To other age groups. Of course, priority will be given to medical staff with a high risk of infection.
As my country’s overall epidemic prevention and control is better, and the risk of epidemic infection is mainly imported from abroad, when formulating vaccination strategies, priority is given to people with high exposure risks, such as customs, border defense, civil aviation, medical personnel, overseas staff, and other public services. Personnel waited before arranging vaccination for the elderly. Therefore, the proportion of new crown vaccination among the elderly in my country is relatively low compared with foreign countries.
According to the National Health Commission, as of November 20, 2021, my country’s 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have reported a total of 2,430,743 million doses of new crown virus vaccine, the world‘s leading new crown virus vaccination rate. However, the current risk of infection among the elderly is still high, and the vaccination rate of the elderly needs to be greatly increased, so that the severe disease rate and mortality rate of the population can be greatly reduced.
Moreover, Zheng Zhongwei also particularly emphasized that the elderly who have completed the entire vaccination should also be boosted in time 6 months after vaccination to obtain better protection. He said that due to the relatively weak immune function of the elderly, the level of antibodies produced by people over 60 years old after vaccination is lower than that of people aged 18-59. Once infected with the new coronavirus, the proportion of severe and critical illness is higher.
Therefore, the elderly who meet the requirements for vaccination must “receive everything” and get “enhanced shots” in time. Only in this way can they gain the initiative and time for the adjustment of my country’s new crown epidemic prevention and control strategies.
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