WHO is aware of reports of vaccines being purchased by a private family and resold to hospitals and clinics. Chinese authorities are currently investigating the case and will made the results public in coming days. WHO awaits the investigation results and stands ready to provide support to national health authorities.
Vaccines need to be store and managed properly or they can lose potency and become less effective. It is important to note, however, that improperly stored or expired vaccine seldom if ever causes a toxic reaction – therefore there is likely to be minimal safety risk in this particular situation. The risk to children is lack of protection from the disease for which the vaccine was intended.
Vaccines used in China』s Expanded Program on Immunization are known to be safe and effective, and have eliminated polio and neonatal tetanus and reduced vaccine preventable diseases to very low levels in China. WHO encourages parents continue to protect their children from vaccine preventable diseases through China』s routine Expanded Program on Immunization.
第一段講前因後果,這裡不翻了。 第二段里WHO給出了意見,指出了本次事件存在的風險:不良存儲的疫苗幾乎很少引起毒性反應,有可能存在極小限度的風險,這種風險在於:疫苗失效,導致兒童對特定疾病沒有免疫保護。簡單來說,就是沒有冷鏈保存,疫苗失效白打了,而且這種失效的疫苗打了之後幾乎不會發生毒性反應。至於為什麼毒性小, @Douglas Jia 已經從藥物成分上進行了很好的解釋,這裡就不重複了。 第三段,WHO針對大眾的疑慮進行了澄清,說明在中國進行的擴大免疫計劃(Expanded Program on Immunization)是安全且有效的。父母們沒有必要因為這種極小限度的風險而抗拒中國的EPI計劃中的疫苗接種。
3. 世界衛生組織中國辦事處這份聲明不嚴謹。關鍵的那句,「that improperly stored or expired vaccine seldom if ever causes a toxic reaction」,怎麼得出這個結論的?如果有流行病學方面的研究結果那是直接證據,但是目前為止根本沒有這類的研究 (有查到的同學請分享指正)。WHO作為專業機構,不應該說這樣的話。