Doctor reveals the secret weapon against the growing skepticism of vaccines worldwide
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Although more than five years have passed since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the resulting vaccine still persists to this day, something that Professor Margie Danchin is committed to helping to solve.
A pediatrician from the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, Danchin, is also an expert in vaccines at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), also in Melbourne.
His greatest approach, he told News Digital, is to fight against the erosion of vaccines confidence at a time when technology advances, and when the need for these advances to combat emerging childhood diseases (and resurface) is growing.
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An excellent example of this technology, according to Danchin, is the new maternal vaccination against RSV (respiratory syncitial virus) and treatment with RSV monoclonal antibodies for newborns, called Nersevimab.
These are new and effective weapons against a disease that is a leading global cause of child pneumonia and hospitalization of newborns.
Professor Margie Danchin is a pediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital and expert in vaccines at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne, Australia. (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
In Western Australia and Queensland, Danchin said, Nersevimab has led to an 80% decrease in RSV hospitalizations.
News Digital spoke with Danchin about this paradox between new and exciting prevention tools and the reluctance to use them.
In Australia, children’s vaccination rates are falling in many areas, reflecting other regions in the United States and worldwide.
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“We have the lowest levels of trust in all vaccines in more than a decade, and in effect, we have had global reductions in vaccine coverage for children in particular,” Danchin said.
He also pointed out the escalation of preventable vaccine diseases, such as diphtheria, polio, people’s cough and measles.
Professor Danchin’s research focuses on the vaccine vaccine and what to do about it.
In Australia, children’s vaccination rates are falling in many areas, reflecting other regions in the United States and worldwide. (Istock)
“It must be addressed at many levels,” he said.
Some of the most important factors, according to the doctor, are people’s worldviews, perceptions and risk understanding, as well as the cognitive biases they use to interpret that risk.
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“We saw through the deployment of Covid, when there were adverse events associated with vaccines, people became incredibly fearful that was going to happen to them, despite the fact that the real risk of it happened was incredibly low, very rare,” Danchin said.
The doctor aims to address patient concerns and at the same time building trust.
The pediatrician pointed out the effectiveness of the new maternal vaccination against RSV (respiratory syncitial virus) and treatment with RSV monoclonal antibodies for newborns, called Nersevimab. (Istock)
A strategy is the vaccine champions program, which has been implemented in Australia and in five countries in the Asia and Pacific region.
“We build capacity and train medical care providers and various community leaders, including religious leaders, teachers and sports stars, on how to communicate on vaccines,” Danchin said.
Story narration narratives can also be an effective way to convey the importance of vaccines, the doctor said.
“We have the lowest levels of confidence in all vaccines in more than a decade, and in effect, we have had global reductions in vaccine coverage for children in particular,” said the pediatrician. (Istock)
She said she strives to settle as “someone with knowledge, experience and credibility”, and at the same time be respectful and make sure that parents feel that their concerns are heard.
“I build a relationship, and then I spend time addressing those concerns and sharing reliable information,” Danchin said.
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You also take the time to discuss the diseases themselves, he said.
“I think we spent too much time focusing on vaccines, which have become a victim of their own success,” Danchin said. “Parents forget why we are vaccinating and what are the diseases that we are trying to avoid that they can do to their children.”
“Parents forget why we are vaccinating and what are the diseases we are trying to prevent them from doing to their children,” Danchin said. (Istock)
Above all, said Danchin, it is important that people have access to reliable sources of information instead of existing in “Eco Chambers”, where they read and share information that may not be accurate or welcome.
“We need confidence scientists who can really communicate,” Danchin said.
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Danchin emphasized that most people are not unintelligent on this issue: “They are very confused. They don’t know what to believe.”
It is important to be respectful of the opinions of others and “invite an open conversation,” said the doctor.
“If you censure information, then people distrust,” he warned, and pointed out that conversations must be maintained “clearly, without aggression or judgment.”
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Danchin also said that he strives to dissipate persistent concerns between some parents about the possible link between certain vaccines and autism.
To achieve that, listen to parents’ concerns and then “share gently” the 25 years of research that refutes that association, he said.
“I think we spent too much time focusing on vaccines, which have become a victim of their own success.”
“The fact that he has a vaccine, and then in the next four to six months, the communication skills and changes in his son’s behavior does not mean that X caused and,” Danchin said.
“If you have a banana and then you have a reaction, it does not mean that the reaction is to eat the banana.”
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During the pandemic, Danchin said, there were many cases in which people felt that if an older person had a Covid vaccine and then died a week later, it was clearly the vaccine that caused death, although it could have been due to a stroke or a heart attack.
“So that’s what I do with families: I gently explain research. I show you that there is absolutely no evidence,” he said.
“The fact that he has a vaccine, and then in the next four to six months, the communication skills and the behavior changes of his son does not mean that X caused and,” said the pediatrician. (Istock)
“There have been millions of children who have not received the MMR vaccine and others who have received it, and there has been no difference in the incidence of autism.”
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Danchin aims to approach parents “clearly, without aggression, without judging and through the use of a land approach.”
At the same time, the doctor said that she and her fellow researchers “are constantly monitoring the side effects of the vaccine (or vaccine safety concerns) in the community.”
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Marc Siegel, MD is a medical professor and medical director of Doctor Radio at the Nyu Langone Medical Center. He is the senior medical analyst of News Channel and author of “Covid: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science”. Follow it on Twitter @drmarcsiegel.