The social anxiety induced by the nine-valent HPV vaccine has objective reasons for the explosion of demand and the shortage of vaccine supply, as well as the subjective factors of lagging knowledge popularization and one-sided public cognition.
Nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
Caiyun Network Special Commentator He Guanjun
At 8:30 on March 22, a new batch of HPV vaccines in Yunnan opened an appointment, and 3 minutes later, the nine-valent HPV vaccine had no appointment. Due to the variety of coverage, the small number of coverage, and the strict age limit, the nine-valent HPV vaccine has been in short supply since it was launched in China in April 2018. Due to its extreme popularity, measures such as lottery seedlings and lottery have also been derived from the vaccine market.
High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is persistent and can easily cause cervical cancer in women, and HPV vaccination is the most reliable way to prevent cervical cancer. In recent years, the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer have continued to rise, and the age of onset has tended to be younger, and the demand for HPV vaccination has grown rapidly. Although there are already three types of bivalent vaccines, quadrivalent vaccines and nine-valent vaccines among the HPV vaccines approved for marketing in the mainland, because the nine-valent HPV vaccine can prevent more diseases and become the first choice for many people to pursue health, many people have paid a high cost for the nine-valent HPV vaccine, and more people are worried and anxious because they do not have the opportunity to receive the nine-valent HPV vaccine.
In fact, medical research has proved that compared with the nine-valent and quadrivalent vaccines, the bivalent HPV vaccine, although the variety of diseases prevented is limited, it can allow vaccinators to obtain 11 years of cervical cancer protection, after years of practical testing, there is better safety and effect, stable supply, cost-effective, worth choosing. In the case of a shortage of nine-valent vaccines, vaccinating the bivalent HPV vaccine as soon as possible and establishing an immune defense force in the body as soon as possible is undoubtedly an effective means to protect their own health. For the general population, instead of being wrapped up in the anxiety of competing for the nine-valent HPV vaccine and affecting normal learning and life, it is better to choose to receive ordinary vaccines first to build a safety barrier for health.
As we all know, because of the existence of herd mentality, collective emotions have the characteristics of mutual infection and mutual stimulation. The anxiety of competing for the nine-valent HPV vaccine spreads, and it will gradually drift away from the real health needs and become an irrational behavior of blind herd. The impulse emotion of everyone to compete for and pursue the nine-valent HPV vaccine, through the influence between the population, will continue to amplify at an alarming rate, driving the heat of the nine-valent HPV vaccine to continue to heat up, and further aggravating the vaccine anxiety. Such a strong social sentiment is bound to give "hunger marketing" an opportunity, resulting in an increasing shortage of scarce nine-valent HPV vaccines, which is not only not beneficial to people's health, but also erodes the happiness and sense of gain of the masses to a certain extent.
The social anxiety induced by the nine-valent HPV vaccine has objective reasons for the explosion of demand and the shortage of vaccine supply, as well as the subjective factors of lagging knowledge popularization and one-sided public cognition. To get rid of the problem of everyone competing for the nine-valent HPV vaccine, on the one hand, we must do everything possible to promote the adjustment and expansion of production capacity of production enterprises and greatly increase the supply of nine-valent HPV vaccine. On the other hand, it is also necessary to vigorously strengthen the promotion and popularization of HPV vaccine knowledge, guide the public to establish correct cognition, take the initiative to adjust the mood, get rid of blind herd psychology, scientifically and rationally look at the role of various vaccines, consciously slow down the pace of scrambling, give the nine-valent HPV vaccine fever "fever reduction and cooling", and eradicate the soil where the phenomenon of "hunger marketing" breeds.
Humanity will not stop on the road to preventing and treating diseases, and the research and development and innovation of vaccines will never end. We have broken through the predecessors, and there are HPV bivalent, quadrivalent and nine-valent vaccines in the world; future generations will also break through us, and the world will also have a higher level of vaccines. According to reports, the fourteen-valent HPV vaccine has entered clinical phase II trials in the mainland and is believed to be put into use soon. Therefore, the nine-valent HPV vaccine should not become a source of social anxiety, and the concept of "non-nine-valent HPV vaccine should not be fought" should also be decisively abandoned.
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