Overview
- The leading societies of infectology, medicine, pediatrics, microbiology, virology and pediatric infectology sent a public letter to Chamber president Martín Menem requesting the event’s suspension, citing an “enormous danger” of misinformation.
- The meeting, titled “What Do COVID‑19 Vaccines Really Contain? Legal, Political, Genetic and Infectious‑Disease Perspectives,” is scheduled for November 27 and was convened by Deputy Marilú Quiroz (PRO, Chaco), who leaves her seat on December 10.
- The organizations labeled the agenda “tendentious and inequitable” and urged adherence to Vaccination Law 27.491, which frames vaccines as a fundamental public good.
- Argentina’s 2024 coverage plunged, with the polio booster at 47.6% and the measles‑mumps‑rubella shot at 46.7%, far below the Pan American Health Organization’s 85% benchmark, heightening risk of disease resurgence.
- Quiroz has publicly opposed mandatory vaccination and said the national regulator ANMAT is not a synonym for safety, positions the societies say undermine public trust.