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Criticism: Skåne's vaccine plan disregards chronic illnesses

Seriously ill pensioners get no vaccine, while older but healthier people get their doses. ”We're completely obsessed by age. They pay more attention to age than to need,” says Anders Zackrés, 72 years old and seriously ill.
Kristianstad • Publicerad 31 mars 2021
.Anders Zackrés is critical towards the fact that the order for vaccination is based on age, instead of taking chronic illnesses into consideration.
.Anders Zackrés is critical towards the fact that the order for vaccination is based on age, instead of taking chronic illnesses into consideration.Foto: Tommy Svensson

Skåne's vaccination plan follows the model created by the Swedish Public Health Agency, FHM.The plan is now in phase 2. But because of a shortage of vaccine it has been necessary to make priorities within the group. Now only older people or those who have had transplants or who are on dialysis are being vaccinated.

The aim is also to vaccinate older people first. This causes irritation among younger pensioners who have serious illnesses.

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”The vaccination plan has a weak point. There are doctors who think that many people besides me who have serious illnesses ought to be allowed to jump the queue. But they don't take that into account,”says Anders Zackrés.
”The vaccination plan has a weak point. There are doctors who think that many people besides me who have serious illnesses ought to be allowed to jump the queue. But they don't take that into account,”says Anders Zackrés.Foto: Tommy Svensson
New Schedule (preliminary) for vaccination in Skåne. More information is available on the Healthcare helpline 1177.se.
New Schedule (preliminary) for vaccination in Skåne. More information is available on the Healthcare helpline 1177.se.Foto: Region Skåne
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– I don't want it to sound as though I'm speaking in my own interest, but I would like to have a discussion about the principles, since in my opinion FHM and Smittskydd Skåne are not listening to the medical profession, says Anders Zackrés, aged 72, from Charlottesborg.

He himself has had several coronary thromboses and is now receiving chemotherapy for a tumour. But he is under 76, so he has not received any vaccine yet.

”The reply from Region Skåne that the only deciding factor is age is rubbish. There are lots of illnesses that affect the immune system,” says Anders Zackrés.
”The reply from Region Skåne that the only deciding factor is age is rubbish. There are lots of illnesses that affect the immune system,” says Anders Zackrés.Foto: Tommy Svensson
Big difference in the spread of infection in Skåne. The figures are from week 12 (March 22nd-28th).
Big difference in the spread of infection in Skåne. The figures are from week 12 (March 22nd-28th).Foto: Region Skåne
”Age is the most prominent risk factor for serious illness”
Per Hagstam, vaccine co-ordinator

Zackrés thinks doctors should have more to say about who gets the vaccine.

– They're the ones who have the overall responsibility for their patients.

Per Hagstam, one of the vaccine co-ordinators in Skåne, says:

– We are following FHM's order of priority. In phase 2 the first priority is people aged 65 and above. Within this group the oldest will be vaccinated first. This is because old age is the most prominent risk factor for serious illness.

Facts

The number of people vaccinated

The number of people (percentage of people) over the age of 18 who have been vaccinated up to now.

Kristianstad: 9,028 people (13.3 per cent) have received their first dose. 4,209 people (6.2 per cent) are fully vaccinated.

Hässleholm: 5,588 people (13.5 per cent) have received their first dose. 2,408 people (5.8 per cent) have been fully vaccinated.

Östra Göinge: 1,379 people (12.0 per cent) have received their first dose. 688 people (6.0 per cent) have been fully vaccinated.

Osby: 1,248 people (12.0 per cent) have received their first dose. 717 people (6.9 per cent) have been fully vaccinated.

Bromölla: 1,409 people (14.0 per cent) have received their first dose. 729 people (7.3 per cent) have been fully vaccinated.

Source: The Public Health Agency of Sweden

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