{"id":136145,"date":"2017-12-04T03:52:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T08:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=136145"},"modified":"2017-12-04T03:52:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T08:52:25","slug":"palace-no-need-to-panic-over-dengvaxia-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/04\/palace-no-need-to-panic-over-dengvaxia-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace: No need to panic over \u2018Dengvaxia\u2019 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said there is no reason for the public to panic over the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, as it assured that the vaccine poses no real deadly after-effects as once believed by some concerned sectors.<\/p>\n

The assurance was made by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque during a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is people should not panic about the dengue vaccine. There is no danger with the dengue vaccine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alarms were raised after the Department of Health (DOH) suspended the use of Dengvaxia, a dengue vaccine made by French firm Sanofi Pasteur, due to findings from the manufacturer itself that it may cause \u201csevere disease\u201d in people who have no prior dengue infection.<\/p>\n

According to DOH estimates, one out of 10 Filipinos, or 10 percent of the population have not been infected by the dengue virus.<\/p>\n

Roque noted that earlier concerns were over the term \u201csevere dengue\u201d which Sanofi used to describe the type of infection that may afflict those not previously infected by dengue before being vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Dengue infection is classified as mild, severe and deadly.<\/p>\n

It turned out that the classification being used by the French manufacturer is entirely different from the classification currently used by the DOH and the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the ‘severe dengue’ that is mentioned by Sanofi will involve symptoms that include two days of fever and hemophilia.\u00a0\u2018Yung pagmamarka sa<\/em>\u00a0skin (The skin rashes). It is not the deadly type of dengue,” Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo in common parlance, sa ordinaryong salita,\u00a0\u2018yung pinakamalala po na pupwedeng mangyari sang-ayon sa bagong pag-aaral mismo ng<\/em>\u00a0Sanofi, (the worst case scenario according to Sanofi’s latest study)\u00a0eh \u2018yung mga hindi pa nagkaka-<\/em>dengue\u00a0na isa lamang sa<\/em>\u00a010\u00a0ay pupwedeng magka<\/em>-dengue,\u00a0na sa ating<\/em>\u00a0classification\u00a0dati ay<\/em>\u00a0mild\u00a0lamang dahil meron lang lagnat at merong mga pasa. Hindi po \u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0severe\u00a0na nakakamatay<\/em>\u00a0(Those who have not had dengue before which is one in 10 can acquire dengue, which is based on our classification is mild only because it is only characterized by fever and bruises. It’s not the severe one which is deadly),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

To further allay undue public fear, Roque also assured that Malaca\u00f1ang would be the first to announce if there would be any cause for concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess the sentiment that should be shared with the public is we will tell you if there is a reason to be concerned. So\u00a0huwag po tayong<\/em>\u00a0mag-panic, (Let’s not panic.)\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt kung mayroon naman pong ibang datos na magpapakita na talagang may dahilan para maabala ang publiko, sasabihin naman po iyan ni Presidente (Rodrigo) Duterte<\/em>.\u00a0Wala po kaming itatago sa publiko<\/em>, (If there are other data which will show that there is a reason for the public to be alarmed, President Rodrigo Duterte will tell that. We will not hide anything from the public.)\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the DOH clarified that a recipient of the dengue vaccine that has no previous infection with the disease does not automatically mean that you would have a severe infection after a three-year period.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou may develop. You may be at risk. But not saying that those one out of 10 would eventually develop severe dengue,\u201d DOH spokesperson Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy said in the same briefing.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, he assured the public that the DOH would monitor all recipients of Dengvaxia for the next years.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, he said it is also important for the public to realize that immunization is only a part of the fight against the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s go back to basics. You have to have a good immune system, resistance level.\u00a0Kasi<\/em>\u00a0infection\u00a0pa rin ito eh<\/em>, (This is just an infection.)\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The DOH official also pointed out that dengue is caused by mosquitoes and eliminating their breeding places is the best way to minimize the risk of infection.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ito manggagaling sa bakuna, \u2018yung dengue mo, manggagaling pa rin ito saan? Kagat pa rin ng lamok. So go back tayo doon. Anong gagawin ko para hindi ako magka<\/em>-dengue?\u00a0Balik tayo sa paglilinis ulit ng kapaligiran<\/em>, (This will not come from the vaccine. The dengue, where will it come from? It will still come from a mosquito bite. Let’s go back there. What will do to avoid dengue? We will go back to keeping our surroundings clean.)\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that would lower down the risk of you acquiring the dengue infection. Let us focus on that,\u201d Lee Suy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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