The figure that sounds nice… but you have to read it with a magnifying glass
The Ministry of Health boasts numbers: 2 million 388 thousand 493 doses in one week. Sounds like a public health holiday, right? 139% of the goal. But here, where cynicism is a work tool, one wonders: was the goal low from the beginning or was there really a titanic effort?
“This result was possible thanks to the coordinated work of the health sector…”
Of course, the official statement repeats the usual mantra: IMSS, ISSSTE, Pemex, Navy, Defense. All together, like a well-rehearsed choir. But what they don’t say is how many doses were missing to cover those who need it most: children without registration, remote communities, those who do not appear in the statistics because they do not even have a birth certificate.
The details that matter
The day was from April 25 to May 2. Vaccines against measles, rubella, tetanus, pneumococcus, hepatitis B, and even RSV for pregnant women. They prioritized children, adolescents and risk groups. It sounds good, but my memory brings back other scandals: vaccine shortages in previous administrations, unfulfilled promises, and now this 139% that seems more like a marketing trick than a real victory.
And the entities that exceeded 100%? Sure, some made it. But others, surely, didn’t even come close. The statement does not mention failures, only successes. As always: the government tells what is convenient for it.
The question that remains in the air: how many children remain unprotected because bureaucracy or mistrust left them out? That, my friend, is not said in any bulletin.
