Ali Sharifi Zarchi, head of the Statistics and Information Technology Management Center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said in a press conference held today at the ministry about the effectiveness of the corona vaccine in preventing infection and mortality: The best view, look It is accurate, scientific and realistic. Therefore, we at the Statistics and Information Technology Management Center tried to be completely data-based and, in consultation with experts in this field, define some indicators for the effectiveness of the vaccine and serve them in a transparent and real manner. Provide decision makers and people. The report presented to the Minister of Health is exactly the same report presented to the people and the media.
He went on to say that in the category of vaccines, we should separate two issues so that people do not get confused, he explained: When we deal with the issue of death or hospitalization after vaccination, one issue is death or hospitalization due to vaccine complications and the second issue is death or Hospitalization due to coronary heart disease occurs several months after receiving the vaccine. Everything that has been prepared and informed to the public by the Center for Statistics and Information Technology Management is about examining the infection, hospitalization and death of people after vaccination due to coronary heart disease, in which case two scales should be considered. He did not know how likely he was to get the vaccine and how likely he was now that he had been vaccinated.
Vaccines do not provide 100% immunity
Sharifi Zarchi stated: If the situation was such that the vaccines were 100% safe, then the situation in Iran and the world would be different, and those who had received their vaccine twice would safely leave the mask and return to their normal lives. But experience in our country and in other countries shows that vaccines do not provide 100% safety. There is talk in the media and in the public that there are people who have had coronary heart disease and died a few months after receiving the vaccine, which is true; But the question is, if a person did not get the vaccine, was it the same or less likely?
The head of the Statistics and Information Technology Management Center of the Ministry of Health said: "Vaccination reduces the risk of death due to corona, this is exactly what is clearly stated in the report of the Center for Statistics and Information Technology Management." The effectiveness of the vaccine depends on the age and conditions of the corona wave in the country; For example, the percentage of effectiveness of the vaccine in the age group of 25 to 50 years varies from 50 to 75 years and so on, and it is just a matter of announcing a number, simplifying and simplifying the problem.
