Most Mexicans are less afraid of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the results of the Ninety-Third National Survey of Coronavirus Mexico, performed by Consult Mitofsky.
The fear of being infected by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, compared to the fear of being a victim of a crime or that the personal economy will be affected, plummeted to 12%, its lowest level in 20 months.
According to data from the exercise carried out from November 12 to 14, 2021, the main fear of most of the people surveyed (44%) is be a victim of a crime, above see affected its economy (31%) and get Covid-19.
Meanwhile, when asked only about how much fear of get the new coronavirus, 58% of the people answered that they have “a lot” or “some” of fear, against 36.9% that affirm to have “little” or “nothing” of fear, which shows similar levels to those registered in the first surveys carried out. by Consult Mitofsky in 2020 when the pandemic began in the country.
54.8% of those interviewed accepted that they are still afraid of dying from this disease.
This perception is a clear consequence of the low numbers registered of new daily cases of infections and deaths due to this disease, the advancement of the vaccination strategy and that 31 states are in the green color of the epidemiological traffic light.
As of Tuesday’s cut, the official death toll from the Covid-19 It amounts to 291,241, after the Ministry of Health notified 37 new deaths in the last 24 hours.
Consult Mitofsky He detailed that 55.7% of the people surveyed still consider that there are people infected with the new coronavirus in their environment or in the places they frequent. This result is according to the estimates of the federal authorities that still estimate around 17,741 active cases in the country, that is, people who have presented symptoms in the last 14 days and therefore may be transmitters of this disease.
Despite the fact that the fear of this disease has been considerably reduced, 85.6% stated that they always wear face masks, one of the main preventive measures to avoid contagion of Covid-19.
AMLO remains immune
This week the approval on the management of the Covid-19 pandemic on the part of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented a significant rebound compared to the past weeks, reaching 62%, its highest level recorded since the survey house directed by Roy Campos began with this exercise in February 2020.
To perform this exercise, Consult Mitofsky interviewed 1,000 Mexicans over 18 years of age with smart mobile devices with internet access. “The results are not simple frequencies, but estimates based on the post-stratification of the sample calculated on expansion factors according to four demographic variables (population by entity, sex, age and education) obtained from the last public census,” he details. This survey has a sample design.
Vaccination against Covid-19 for minors
According to Consulta Mitofsky, at least 7 out of 10 of those interviewed considered that adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age should receive the Covid-19 vaccine.
While almost 60% said that minors between 6 and 12 years of age should also be inoculated against the coronavirus.
It is worth mentioning that the federal government announced this Tuesday that as of Friday, November 19, it will begin with the pre-registration of vaccination against Covid-19 for adolescents aged 15 to 17 years, with or without comorbidities, throughout the country.
Tuesday’s announcement is a change in strategy by the federal government, which until now had stated that there was insufficient evidence that it was necessary to immunize minors.
During the announcement at the morning conference on Tuesday, the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, did not explain the reasons for the change in strategy, but indicated that after 15 years of age the risk of health complication in case of contracting Covid-19 and not being vaccinated; although he insisted that the risk is lower compared to older adults, also not vaccinated.
As of Tuesday’s cut, the federal government reported that it has supplied 129 million 874,396 doses of vaccines against Covid-19.
Of the 75 million 459,027 people inoculated, 63 million 407,243 people have a complete scheme of one or two doses; while 12 million 51,784 are still waiting for the second dose.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx