The CDC said that the elderly should be vaccinated as soon as possible. What is the significance of vaccination for epidemic prevention and control?

In order to fully control the COVID-19 epidemic. Vaccination in COVID-19 is being carried out all over the world. The vaccination population in COVID-19 is gradually expanding. Vaccination in COVID-19 has been carried out in some road areas for the elderly over 60 years old. The issue of vaccination for the elderly during working hours has once again aroused public concern. The CDC also said that the elderly should be vaccinated as soon as possible. With the increase of age, the functions of various organs of the human body gradually decline. The outstanding performance is the decline of immunity. Susceptibility to various diseases increases and recovery time is longer. It is more prone to complications. The mortality rate is significantly higher than other age groups. In addition, the elderly often suffer from one or more chronic diseases and infectious diseases. Increasing vaccine is a powerful weapon to prevent infectious diseases, and the vaccination rate among the population reaches a certain level, which can form an effective group immune barrier and block the spread of COVID-19.

Therefore, in the absence of contraindications to vaccination, relevant experts recommend that all eligible people be vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, vaccination is an effective means for the elderly to prevent influenza, pneumococcal disease and herpes zoster. At present, there are still many elderly people who lack understanding of vaccines and even have some misunderstandings. Some elderly people think that if they expect to stay at home for a long time or live in marginal areas, rarely go out or go abroad, and the risk of infection is small, there is no need to vaccinate. Chinese disease control experts also said that the risk of serious illness and death caused by COVID-19 infection can be reduced by more than 90% after the elderly are vaccinated with booster vaccines and immune vaccines. Therefore, vaccination should be implemented as soon as possible and spread to everyone.

In fact, vaccination is no longer a patent for children, but also a powerful weapon for adults and the elderly to resist infectious diseases. On March 15, the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference to introduce the epidemic prevention and control and vaccination. Wang Huaqing, chief expert of China CDC, said that the harm of mysterious cloning to the elderly led to an increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths. Bring tension to medical resources. Only by making sure that everyone is vaccinated. Take protective measures. Well, it can reduce the increase of infected people. Because vaccination and protection are the most important and basic prevention and control measures.