Episode from Friday, November 8, 2024 at 09:45
What is vaccination for?
– Individual benefits : For example, the papillomavirus vaccine, which prevents ENT, uterine and colon cancers. It’s not just a vaccine for women, but for everyone.
– Collective benefits: for example, with the smallpox vaccine which was eradicated, thanks to collective vaccination.
– To preserve our weakened health system.
Are there any compulsory vaccinations?
– In France, 11 vaccines are compulsory for children born after January 1, 2018.
– The yellow fever vaccine is compulsory for residents of French Guiana.
– Certain vaccines are obligatory in the professional context, depending on the activity carried out.
Some vaccines protect against viruses, others against bacteria
For the most common vaccines:
– Diphtheria : caused by a very contagious bacteria.
– Tetanus : caused by a toxin that is produced by bacteria. The disease is not contagious, but it is serious and often fatal. It is usually contracted through wounds, following an animal bite, or following a cut during gardening work, and especially during contact with the earth.
– Poliomyelitis : an infection due to a virus, which causes paralysis by attacking the nervous system. It is present in the stools of contaminated people. Contamination occurs through the digestive tract, when consuming contaminated water or contaminated food.
– Whooping cough : highly contagious infectious respiratory disease, caused by bacteria. Contamination occurs through the air during coughing and the emission of spittle.
– Measles, rubella, mumps : are three contagious infections that are caused by viruses.
– L’Haemophilus influenzae b : responsible for pneumonia and meningitis. It is present in the nose and throat, and contamination occurs from person to person through coughing and spit.
– Hepatitis B : viral liver disease. The causes of transmission are contact with blood or sexual relations.
Chronicle produced by Doctor Seris, emergency doctor.
https://vaccination-info-service.fr/
