Isolation falls to the lowest level of the pandemic despite the increase in cases, says Datafolha – 12/19/2020 – Equilibrio y Salud



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Even with the recent increase in pollution and deaths from Covid-19 in Brazil, fewer and fewer people say they are isolated, according to a Datafolha survey. According to the survey, the number reached the lowest level in December since April, when the institute began asking this question.

In December, 7% of those surveyed said that they live normally, without changing their routine at all, and 54% said that they are caring, but leave home to work or do other activities. On April 3, at the beginning of the pandemic, those figures were 4% and 24%, respectively.

Those who said they were completely isolated in December were 5% of those surveyed. The record had been 21% on April 17. And those who say that they only leave home when it is inevitable, today at 34%, had reached 54% at the beginning of April.

Isolation levels measured by Datafolha begin to fall in May, even before the pandemic reaches its worst phase in Brazil.

This coincides with the opening promoted by states and municipalities, making the measures to contain the virus more flexible and authorizing the reopening of non-essential businesses and services, so people had to leave home to work in person.

In São Paulo, for example, Governor João Doria (PSDB) authorized the reopening of shopping centers in early June, before the state reached the worst phase of the disease (which occurred in July), and even before other places like parks. , where the spread of the disease is more difficult because the activities take place in them outdoors.

The Datafolha survey shows that isolation varies greatly by gender and age. While 50% of women say they are totally isolated or leave home only when unavoidable, this proportion drops to 26% among men.

Among people over 60, that number rises to 61%, while it drops to 30% among people aged 16-24.

Isolation is considered the most effective measure to slow the advance of Covid-19, since the coronavirus is transmitted when it comes into contact with secretions from other infected people, such as sneezing or even common saliva particles when other people speak.

Along with isolation, another effective way to contain the disease is the use of masks, which serve precisely as a barrier to these droplets of saliva.

Datafolha shows that the majority of respondents say they always leave home with a mask (88%). Another 8% say they wear masks only sometimes, and 2% say they wear masks rarely.

Across the country, governors have issued decrees requiring the use of masks in public places. In São Paulo, for example, anyone caught without a mask can be fined R $ 524.59.

The Datafolha survey was conducted between December 8 and 10 with 2,016 adult Brazilians in all regions and states of the country, by telephone, with calls to cell phones (used by 90% of the population). The margin of error is two percentage points in both directions.

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