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The Elderly Should Be Immunized With the COVID-19 Vaccine in China

Dear Editor, In recent months, the Omicron has spread globally.1 China’s pressure to curb imported COVID-19 cases and domestic resurgences is increasing. Encouraging vaccination is recognized by global public health experts as one of the effective means to protecting people’s lives and health.2 Medical research and clinical practice also show that the COVID-19 vaccine can effectively reduce COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.3 Only when COVID-19 vaccinations reach a high enough rate can COVID-19 herd immunity be established globally. In view of this, the Chinese government has adhered to the attitude of “putting people and their lives first” and “being highly responsible to the people” by providing free COVID-19 vaccines for all citizens, thus solving the vaccine accessibility and affordability problem. At present, China leads the world with one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates. However, the elderly’s vaccination rate is still low in China. Increasing vaccination for the elderly will not only further enhance the vaccination rate, but also establish a community immunity barrier for COVID-19. To guide the elderly population to vaccinate, the Chinese government should not only eliminate the elderly’s hesitations, doubts, and worries about the COVID-19 vaccine’s safety, but also provide convenience for their vaccination. Although Chinese governments at all levels actively mobilized the elderly to vaccinate with the COVID-19 vaccine, some elderly people did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine due to safety, necessity, and other reasons. Some elderly people are still worried about the COVID-19 vaccine’s side effects and adverse reactions. For this part of the elderly group, we should eliminate their worries about the vaccine’s safety. In fact, with the continuous improvement of China’s COVID-19 vaccine-production technology, vaccination medical services, and vaccination adverse-reaction insurance-compensation mechanism, the harm of the COVID-19 vaccine’s side effects has reduced. For ordinary people, there are almost no adverse reactions. Facts have also proved that there are very few suspected serious allergic adverse reactions.4 At present, the safety of COVID-19 vaccination in China has been fully guaranteed. Effective COVID-19 prevention and control, and building a global population immunity barrier cannot occur without the active participation of every citizen, especially the elderly. COVID-19 vaccination is not only conducive to protecting the elders and their families, but also helps build community of common health for mankind. The global society must make targeted efforts to increase vaccination rates among older adults as it is the responsibility and obligation of every citizen to fight against COVID-19.