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The Innsbruck infectologist, who is a member of the Ministry of Health’s advisory team, hopes to return to normal by early summer due to the vaccination. Little left for massive testing.
8:29 am, December 20, 2020
the Infectiologist from Innsbruck and director of the University Clinic for Internal Medicine, Günter WeissYou don’t think about the massive corona tests, like the ones scheduled for the second time in this country from January 15-17. “There is little evidence. No other European country recommends it. The really renowned Robert Koch Institute, for example, makes no recommendation, “Weiss said in an APA interview. The expert estimated the return to long-awaited normality in early summer..
Regarding antigen mass testing, Weiss, who referred to the Advisory staff of the Corona Working Group in the Ministry of Health, also in that Example Slovakia: “Almost the entire population went there. But it doesn’t seem like it did anything positive for the infection process. It was a storm in a glass of water that did not bring any lasting success.”
“The tests must be directed”
You understand the “desperation of politics,” but these antigen tests in asymptomatic individuals are simply not the appropriate instrument.Weiss said and repeated his mantra: “Trials must be conducted. And not through the orchard.” One of the main problems is the “false security” that results from a false negative test. Here it was not well communicated and mediated either: “It’s a dangerous message when I hear about the media: ‘Go try it, and Christmas will be saved.’ A negative antigen test says little. You can still be infected or the next day and be the carrier of the disease.” . Incorrect expectations inevitably lead to protection measures being prolonged. A higher number of new infections more than negates the relatively small number of positive “leaks”. The “risk-benefit assessment” is simply not correct, stressed the senior physician.
This also applies to testing in the critical infrastructure area. As a positive, sometimes some contagious people can be filtered, but due to the lower sensitivity of these tests, only some of those “who really have something” can be found: “The others enter – with the result of the corresponding collateral damage.
It also “hurts” for Weiss when he thinks of the enormous financial resources that are being spent on massive testing, “to a modest effect.” “For this money, it could build and maintain one or two of the best research centers, with sustainable profits.”
Specific tests and protection of vulnerable groups
Once again Weiss defended directed test wave maximum protection of vulnerable population groups, that is, elderly people or people with previous illnesses. The point is to evaluate symptomatic people immediately; These tests are designed for this, especially in the private sector. “And I know that no one can hear it anymore, but: It is still important to respect the rules of distance and hygiene.“Because even though the number of intensive care patients has already dropped by a third, the number of new infections is still too high. One is on the right track, but not yet on target: “It’s not five to twelve anymore. We’re back at half past eleven.”.
Promising vaccination
As little as Weiss thinks of mass testing, he hopes that vaccination, which has also been launched in Europe, will be the decisive means to finally leave the pandemic behind. “Spring is perhaps too sporty. But I assume normalcy with early summer. I can imagine it very well, “said the doctor. With vaccination, the” first step towards normality will begin early next year, especially when those who are particularly affected by the pandemic are vaccinated for the first time. it is known so far, it could be said that its “very high percentage of protection is guaranteed, even with the elderly, at least for a few months.” “The more you can get vaccinated, the better. The less relevant the crown issue will be in the future.”, the infectologist appealed to the population. Because the vaccine protects against the spread of the virus in the body.
It is important to inform the population clearly and completely. After studying the data so far, Weiss did not see any special side effects that are outside the usual range for vaccines, such as flu vaccines. At most, it can sometimes lead to a slight fever or a little exhaustion or fatigue, but: “These are not really side effects, but rather signs that the immune system is activating,” said the expert. It is a normal vaccination reaction.
Incidentally, Weiss sees the lockdown measures, as they have now been relaunched, less promising, at least in the long term. And above all for one reason: around a third of the population is simply no longer available, neither through the media nor through the appeals of those responsible. “Unfortunately,” Weiss said. The reasons are varied and range from sometimes incomprehensible decisions, too many rules, a lack of solidarity to a lot of “finger wagging.”
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