Vytenis Andriukaitis, in charge of Health, made two though intervention against the category of people seen as «irresponsible» in Brussels
by Emanuele Bonini
Wake up, folks! «Vaccines are one of the safest and most cost-effective ways to ensure public health and avoid preventable diseases», so what's wrong with you? The European Commission went on the attack of anti-vaccination movement. «Anti-vaccination myths and lack of knowledge can lead to people refusing vaccines, which in turn might open the door to disease outbreaks»,the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, said yesterday. It wasn't the first time he took position against the people in favour of abolishing the preparations that provide active acquired immunity to certain diseases. «Shame on you antivaxers!», the EU commissioner previously said in tweet posted on his official personal account.
«It is distressing that some public figures irresponsibly use their position to contribute to distrust of vaccines», Andriukaitis then stated on the occasion of the European Immunisation Week. He recalled that the benefits of vaccines are a matter of fact, not a matter of opinion. About facts, «measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year, before widespread vaccination was put in place in 1980». Today the reality speaks different. «Thanks to Maurice Hilleman's measles vaccine this highly contagious disease is now preventable». Again, smallpox, once one of the world's most devastating diseases, was declared eradicated in 1980 following a global immunisation campaign led by World Health Organization (WHO).
Before Andriukatis' tweet and speech, the European Commission had never attacked antivaxers. This is more than a personal opinion (Andriukaitis is above all a heart surgeon), it is a clear political decision. The EU executive body wants to eradicate every harmful disease, and the college of Commissioners made Andriukatis the leader in this challenging task. «Decreasing public trust in immunisation also poses a serious threat that cannot be ignored», the commissioner for Health admitted. It is a matter of reason, and the sleep of reason produces monsters. That's exactly what antivaxers are about: monsters. In order to defeat them, European - well, a part of them - have to be led to change their mind, that is the point. Be careful, folk: «We cannot take the unprecedented good health of our population for granted». Andriukaitis warned you.
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Wake up, folks! «Vaccines are one of the safest and most cost-effective ways to ensure public health and avoid preventable diseases», so what's wrong with you? The European Commission went on the attack of anti-vaccination movement. «Anti-vaccination myths and lack of knowledge can lead to people refusing vaccines, which in turn might open the door to disease outbreaks»,the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, said yesterday. It wasn't the first time he took position against the people in favour of abolishing the preparations that provide active acquired immunity to certain diseases. «Shame on you antivaxers!», the EU commissioner previously said in tweet posted on his official personal account.
In papers today: #Measles epidemic in Italy. 1st measles death in Portugal. Measles rise in Germany. Deplorable. Shame on you #antivaxers! pic.twitter.com/OvSuHmHHHw— Vytenis Andriukaitis (@V_Andriukaitis) April 20, 2017
«It is distressing that some public figures irresponsibly use their position to contribute to distrust of vaccines», Andriukaitis then stated on the occasion of the European Immunisation Week. He recalled that the benefits of vaccines are a matter of fact, not a matter of opinion. About facts, «measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year, before widespread vaccination was put in place in 1980». Today the reality speaks different. «Thanks to Maurice Hilleman's measles vaccine this highly contagious disease is now preventable». Again, smallpox, once one of the world's most devastating diseases, was declared eradicated in 1980 following a global immunisation campaign led by World Health Organization (WHO).
Before Andriukatis' tweet and speech, the European Commission had never attacked antivaxers. This is more than a personal opinion (Andriukaitis is above all a heart surgeon), it is a clear political decision. The EU executive body wants to eradicate every harmful disease, and the college of Commissioners made Andriukatis the leader in this challenging task. «Decreasing public trust in immunisation also poses a serious threat that cannot be ignored», the commissioner for Health admitted. It is a matter of reason, and the sleep of reason produces monsters. That's exactly what antivaxers are about: monsters. In order to defeat them, European - well, a part of them - have to be led to change their mind, that is the point. Be careful, folk: «We cannot take the unprecedented good health of our population for granted». Andriukaitis warned you.
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