According to a study on children's health presented by MedImmune Inc and directed by Dr. Robert Belshe, a leading vaccine specialist at the University of St. Louis, he states that vaccines supplied with atomizer are more effective than injected. In this study, 55% more efficiency in the administration of a flu vaccine is reflected through an atomizer unlike the traditional injection. For the study, data from 8,000 five-year-old children were used.
This result promises beneficial consequences for public health, both in the effectiveness of the application and in the improvement of results, since vaccines tend to be less effective in children than in adults. Better control of the flu virus will be the result of mass vaccination of children. Regarding the use of this new vaccine (FluMist), it should also be noted that 1% of vaccinated children aged between six months and two years have had a negative reaction to this vaccine having asthmatic gasping attacks.
According to experts, the risk compensates for the greater protection generated, but we assume that they will study these adverse effects further in order to correct them. In any case, the data is very optimistic since of all vaccinated children, 8.6% of those injected had the flu with respect to 3.9% of those who used the inhaler.
