Is our BCG vaccination keeping many of us safe?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:57 am
The Times today have an interesting article suggesting that the BCG vaccination may have saved THE BALKANS from the worst of the coronavirus. Although the country is close to Italy they have not had anything like the number of deaths. The population of the former Yugoslavia is 22 million, they have had 21,145 confirmed cases of the disease and 775 deaths despite the region’s close proximity to Italy and a creaking healthcare system.
Because Yugoslavia suffered endemic tuberculosis and a smallpox outbreak many years ago, they rolled out a vaccination programme. In 1949 the BCG vaccination was made mandatory for all people under the age of 25. In recent times, they have had several rounds of inoculation programmes which include Rabies vaccines.
The anti vaccine movement began in the Uk and US in the 1990’s and has arrived in The Balkans in the past few years.
Randomised controlled trials of the effects of BCG on covid 19 are now being carried out in the Netherlands and Australia, where Bill Gstes has donated $10 million to the research through his foundation.
Thought you might be interested in this update.
NB. Italy and US did not vaccinate for TB
Catalonia in Spain did but nowhere else
Portugal rolled out the vaccination as did UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia ,
Yugoslavia and others.
Because Yugoslavia suffered endemic tuberculosis and a smallpox outbreak many years ago, they rolled out a vaccination programme. In 1949 the BCG vaccination was made mandatory for all people under the age of 25. In recent times, they have had several rounds of inoculation programmes which include Rabies vaccines.
The anti vaccine movement began in the Uk and US in the 1990’s and has arrived in The Balkans in the past few years.
Randomised controlled trials of the effects of BCG on covid 19 are now being carried out in the Netherlands and Australia, where Bill Gstes has donated $10 million to the research through his foundation.
Thought you might be interested in this update.
NB. Italy and US did not vaccinate for TB
Catalonia in Spain did but nowhere else
Portugal rolled out the vaccination as did UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia ,
Yugoslavia and others.