Associate Prof. Mangarov: Isolators in schools will not help in any way against COVID-19 – Diseases

There are no clinical studies showing that wearing masks is beneficial. With the same success we can make children wear red thread and believe it will protect them. This was stated by the head of the children’s ward of the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Sofia, associate professor Dr. Atanas Mangarov in the BTV program “Face to face”.

“Isolators in schools will not help in any way. Imagine that a child gets sick and isolates himself, but there is another child there. During this time, the child interacted with other children. Before the symptoms appeared, it was already quite contagious. In fact, we are not doing anything because the children have been through a risky environment, “he explained.

This is what will happen if a student refuses to wear a mask at school.

“I would not advise those who are ill to get tested by PCR. That would be crazy. It will get to the point that in a few weeks all schools will have to close. If we want to achieve this, it is better to declare a zero year and not study, “said the head of the children’s ward of the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Sofia.

“We are doing very well here. These countries, which have become very isolated and masked, are now regressing. We did the right thing. With us, things are at a low level and have nothing to do with what is happening in France, Italy, etc. ”, Prof. Asoc. Mangarov was categorical.

“There is a vaccine, but it is not well proven. Russia is 7-8 years ahead of us in testing. They use development based on the Ebola virus. But things are not so well studied,” he said.