The urgent call that arrives late
Senators and officials met to “urge” the obvious: strengthen the Universal Vaccination Program. The legislative forum coincided with an alarming fact: diseases such as measles are resurfacing due to the global regression in immunization.
And what do the authorities say? The representative of the Ministry of Health, María Alejandra Alegría Arrieta, recognized what we already know.
“The decline in vaccination coverage is not exclusive to Mexico, but a global problem.”
What a discovery. Meanwhile, Senator Maki Esther Ortiz Domínguez (PVEM) emphasized that access to doses should not depend on the economic situation. A noble principle, but it remains to be seen if it translates into a real budget.
The convenient figures and the announced self-sufficiency
Senator Emmanuel Reyes Carmona released numbers: more than 36 million doses against influenza and about 22 million against COVID-19 in the last campaign. Figures to fill out bulletins.
But the most curious thing was his triumphalist announcement.
“Mexico is experiencing a historic event by using quadrivalent influenza vaccines manufactured in the country for the first time.”
He attributed it, of course, to President Sheinbaum’s national content policy. Celebration for an autonomy that should be the norm, not news. The uncomfortable question remains: if we are so self-sufficient, why is it urgent now to strengthen the program?
Memory is fragile. Alerts are given to a global problem when local signals have been on for years. The irony is surgical: the basics are asked to be reinforced while a manufacturing milestone is announced. The system needs more than forums and phrases. Needs action before next outbreak.




