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and tried both hand speed and Internet speed, but still couldn't get an appointment. At present, the difficulty in making an appointment for the domestic nine-valent HPV vaccine troubles many women of appropriate age. Some people have no choice but to find "scalpers" to get vaccinated, and they have to pay hundreds of yuan in intermediary fees for each shot. Why is it that it is difficult to find seedlings if you make an appointment on your own, but "scalpers" can seize the seedling sources and make huge profits? The reporter launched an investigation. Behind the phenomenon of many people seeking vaccination for
is the concern about HPV infecting . The "Expert Consensus on Immune Prevention of Cervical Cancer and Other Human Papillomavirus-Related Diseases (Simplified Version)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Consensus") published in the "Chinese Journal of Epidemiology" in December 2019 proposed that cervical cancer Occurrence is an incidental event after HPV infection.
The "Consensus" mentioned that the vast majority of HPV infections are asymptomatic transient infections, histologically can manifest as low-grade cervical lesions, and more than 80% of infections can be eliminated by the body within 6 to 24 months. Clear. More than 60% of low-grade lesions will improve naturally, and only about 1% of low-grade lesions can progress to cervical cancer. It usually takes 10 to 20 years for persistent infection with HPV to develop into cancer.
Case
1 Non-refundable 600 yuan grab fee
At 1:30 pm, Xiaoting secretly took out her mobile phone in class, opened the WeChat applet of a private hospital , and clicked "My Order" over and over again. After more than a dozen times, the words "to be paid" finally appeared. Without enough time to check the order information, Xiaoting hurriedly paid. Seeing the words "Payment Successful" for the three-shot nine-price HPV vaccine appear on the screen of her mobile phone, a "big stone" in her heart was settled.
Before she could exit the payment page, Xiaoting received a message from the Taobao merchant: "Has the payment been successful? Don't forget to click to receive the goods!" Xiaoting clicked "Confirm Receipt" to get a vaccine fee of 600 yuan. Instantly log into the merchant account...
Xiaoting is a 21-year-old native of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, and a sophomore at a university in Beijing. She has included vaccination with the nine-valent HPV vaccine on her must-do list this semester.
HPV vaccine can prevent certain types of HPV infection, thereby reducing the probability of suffering from cervical cancer, vaginal cancer in women, penile cancer in men, anal cancer in men and women and other diseases. There are three types of HPV vaccines currently on the market: bivalent, quadrivalent, and nine-valent, corresponding to the number of HPV types that can be prevented.
"I feel that the vaccine shortage has been particularly serious recently. When I was a freshman, the school hospital had a batch of nine-valent HPV vaccine, but I couldn't get it. I also tried to make appointments at public hospitals and private hospitals to get vaccines, but to no avail every time. But in the end, I had no choice but to find someone to rob it for me online," Xiaoting said about her experience.
The merchant who provided Xiaoting with "snatching" services was actually a "technical scalper" who could not only grab vaccines on his behalf, but also concert tickets, train tickets and other tickets. Before the private hospital’s vaccine is released, the merchant and Xiaoting log in to Xiaoting’s account in the private hospital’s applet at the same time. After the merchant grabs the vaccine through technical means as soon as possible, the order information will appear on Xiaoting’s mobile phone simultaneously. Just pay.
"Even if I don't get it, the 600 yuan fee will not be refunded. It just depends on whether I dare to gamble. Fortunately, I won the bet." Xiaoting said.
The three-shot nine-valent HPV vaccine Xiaoting received cost a total of 5,680 yuan. The reporter opened a certain HPV vaccine reservation app and found that the three-shot nine-price HPV vaccine in private hospitals generally costs between 5,300 and 6,400 yuan, and they are all out of stock. A reporter from
asked about the nine-price HPV vaccine at a community health service center in Xicheng District, Beijing. The reply was that the price per shot is 1,323 yuan, no need to increase the price, but the earliest appointment time for vaccination is May 2023, and vaccination The applicant's household registration must be in the community.
2 He was defrauded of nearly 10,000 yuan after receiving a text message
Recently, a Shenzhen netizen posted that he received a text message saying that he was qualified to make an appointment for the nine-price HPV vaccine. The text message showed "Follow the WeChat video account (Xiaomengbao to make an appointment) to complete the vaccination procedures." .
Because the clinic mentioned in the text message the woman received was relatively close to her, and the customer service reminder added by the woman was that if the payment was delayed or the appointment was missed, the woman would immediately transfer the money to the personal account provided by the customer service. However, the customer service later stated that the order was locked and the funds were frozen for various reasons, and requested multiple transfers. In the end, the woman realized something was wrong after making a payment of nearly 10,000 yuan and reported the case to the relevant departments.
According to the screenshot of the chat sent by the netizen, it can be seen that the customer service urged him to pay the fee to avoid breach of contract, and later mentioned that "the payment order was frozen due to an error in the remark" and "the order is in frozen status and needs to be resubmitted for a sum of 4653 (yuan)" ) order, after activation and unfreezing, it will be returned to you along the same route within one minute, and this fee will not be charged." Some netizens of
said that they have encountered a similar situation recently. At present, the reporter searched "Xiao Meng Bao Appointment with Seedlings" through WeChat, and there is no relevant video account.
3 Scammed out of more than 10,000 yuan in a fish-killing dish
On April 15, the Guangdong Public Security Bureau released Weibo to remind the public to be wary of the HPV vaccine fish-killing scam. Weibo content stated that recently, Ms. Wang from Shunde District, Foshan City called the police saying that she added a WeChat friend on a video APP, and the other party falsely claimed that she could make an appointment for the nine-valent vaccine , and was later defrauded by a false transaction.
Ms. Wang searched for the nine-price vaccine on a video APP. After searching, she added a WeChat netizen with the nickname "National Nine-price Vaccine Approximately 2.25". The other party said that she had successfully made an appointment for her at a certain health station and asked Ms. Wang After making multiple transfers, Ms. Wang found out that she had been deceived and called the police for help. In the end, not only did Ms. Wang fail to make an appointment for the vaccine, she was also defrauded of 17,198 yuan.
4 The fake agent collected the deposit and balance and then disappeared.
Seeing that she was about to turn 26, Xiaodai was a little anxious. “When I called the community to make an appointment, I was told that there was a shortage of vaccines every time. I also tried to grab vaccines on the app several times, but every time It's 'second light'..."
In desperation, Xiaodai searched on Weibo and found an intermediary who claimed to be able to make appointments for vaccines. "The other party promised to pay a deposit of 500 yuan to help make the appointment. After the appointment is successful, the full payment will be made, and a vaccination can be arranged at a nearby community health service center a week later." Xiaodai didn't think much, and after paying the deposit, sure enough, I received a text message with the prefix "Yi Lu" that the appointment was successful, and then I paid the balance of more than 4,500 yuan.
When Xiaodai sent the screenshot of the payment to the intermediary, the other party started to "find trouble." "They said that I did not note 'name + balance' when paying, and that the background could not recognize or match the seeds. They also promised that they would automatically refund the money within an hour, and asked me to pay again."
Xiaodai, who was eager to ask for the seeds, followed the other party's request. Another 4,500 yuan was transferred. She kept urging the other party to refund the money, but the other party disappeared. Only then did Xiaodai realize that she had been cheated.
After Xiaodai posted the story of being defrauded on social media, she did not expect that there were many people with similar experiences, and some were even defrauded of more than 30,000 yuan.
investigated that
was overage, so he had to find a "scalper"
to call the community hospital and pay attention to the information of vaccine release on major public accounts. This kind of "robbing for vaccines" has been going on for nearly half a year. Wu Xiao, a citizen of Guangzhou, has not paid nine prices yet. HPV vaccine. Currently, the nine-valent HPV vaccine in China is applicable to people aged 16 to 26 years old. Wu Xiao, who is approaching 26 years old, is anxious and looks for vaccine "scalpers" through Weibo. Among a bunch of intermediary advertisements, Wu Xiao added the WeChat account of one of the "scalpers".
paid an agency fee of 300 yuan per injection and waited for a month. Wu Xiao got the first injection at a community hospital in Dongguan . The appointment for the second shot took a long time, and the vaccination location was changed to Shunde.
According to Wu Xiao, there are nearly 400 people in the customer group formed by scalpers. "When I took a ride to Shunde, the girls who were traveling with me in the carpool also went to get vaccinated."
In 2016, the HPV vaccine was approved for sale in my country. There are currently three types of vaccines in China: bivalent, quadrivalent, and nine-valent. Studies have shown that injection of attenuated HPV vaccine can prevent cervical cancer . The higher the value, the more HPV types it can prevent. At present, the demand for the nine-valent vaccine, which has the most preventive types, is increasing, and the situation of "difficulty in making an appointment" and "difficulty in finding a vaccine" has troubled many women.
At present, vaccinators in most cities in China can make appointments through community hospitals and official platforms, and some have also explored the "lottery" appointment method. Data released by the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission on March 8 showed that a total of 527,121 people participated in the third 2022 nine-valent HPV vaccine lottery held in Shenzhen in March, and 21,170 people were successful. The winning rate was only 4%.
In order to get the nine-price vaccine as soon as possible, many women seek "scalpers" to pay more for the vaccine.At a community hospital in Tianhe, Guangzhou, the reporter randomly interviewed four women who went to get vaccinated. They all made appointments through "scalpers". "My whole family came to help me make an appointment, but if I don't find scalpers, I won't be able to get a spot. If I don't get one, I will be overage." A vaccinator told reporters.
Technical agency, internal channels... "Scalpers" have many methods to book vaccines.
The reporter searched for "HPV vaccine appointment" on the Internet platform and found a large number of agency advertisements. The cost of agency and agency ranged from a few hundred to several thousand yuan. No wait. The business of vaccine "scalpers" covers major cities across the country, and some "scalpers" claim to "get vaccinated at any time within a week after making an appointment."
It is "hard to find a seedling" by making an appointment on your own. How can a "scalper" successfully make an appointment for a seedling? A reporter from
found out that some "scalper" teams use technology to increase the success rate of making an appointment for a seedling. Wu Xiao told reporters that during the process of making appointments for vaccinations, "scalpers" sent information about hospitals that had recently released vaccinations. After confirming the injection locations, they logged into Wu Xiao's account on their own terminal devices and ran plug-in programming software to snatch the vaccines.
In January this year, Jiangxi police informed Nanchang that a graduate student named Liu acted as a "scalper" to make reservations and obtain the nine-price vaccine by writing computer program code. The program code could be automatically run on the hospital's official website. Liu offered prices ranging from 800 yuan to 1,000 yuan and posted information about the vaccine "on behalf of others" on major social platforms. Liu has been subject to criminal coercive measures on suspicion of damaging computer information systems.
In addition to technical competition, some "scalpers" claim to have "cooperation channels" with hospitals to make appointments. As a consumer, the reporter placed an order with a "scalper" and successfully made an appointment for the vaccine. On the eve of the vaccination, he received a call from a self-proclaimed "hospital staff" informing the reporter the address of the vaccination hospital. Through searches, the reporter found that on the official reservation channel displayed on the community hospital’s public account, the inventory status of the nine-price HPV vaccine was shown as “vaccine shortage” and reservations could not be made.
Wang Feifei, who completed the vaccination at a maternal and child health hospital, told reporters that she had not received the injection for nearly a year, but she made an appointment for the first injection the next day after paying the fee to the scalper. At the vaccination site, the "scalper" who had previously interacted with him online turned into a "hospital staff". After assisting Feifei Wang in registration, he returned to the hospital reception desk to continue working.
In addition to technology grabbing and selling in-house vaccines, some "scalpers" smuggled Hong Kong vaccines and cooperated with nurses in medical institutions to attract customers. According to Chen Jiamin, who received the Hong Kong vaccine, the "scalpers" provided the contact information of the nurse at the vaccination hospital after confirming the vaccination time. On the day of vaccination, Chen Jiamin arrived at the designated hospital, and the nurse took the injection to help him quickly vaccinate. "My three injections were taken at three different hospitals, and the whole process was secretive." Chen Jiamin said.
It is understood that the HPV vaccine has stricter transportation temperature requirements, which puts a question mark on the effectiveness of the smuggled Hong Kong vaccine. Yao Tingting, associate professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, said that it is difficult to judge the authenticity of the smuggled nine-price Hong Kong vaccine, and some may not have a preventive effect or even cause allergies in the recipients, which poses a greater risk.
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