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The study center Public Space responded on Wednesday afternoon to the criticisms of the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, for the last report in which they questioned the policy of active search for Covid-19 cases.
Through a statement signed by Eduardo Engel, Diego Pardow and Pablo Simonetti, Espacio Público stated that “We regret the tone with which the health authority decided to refer to our report. On other occasions, when these reports were debated, we made efforts to provide additional explanations that would allow us to maintain a constructive and focused dialogue on public policy. In this case, however, We cannot be held responsible for expressions that we have not used or interpretations that we have not made. “
“We invite the community to review the text of our report and form their own opinion. Finally, We want to reiterate to Minister Paris our best disposition to meet with him and discuss in detail, both this issue and any of those addressed in the nearly 60 reports made since March 19, “they said.
The study center explained that they carried out an “evaluation of the positivity indicators with the intention of suggest an improvement in the protocols that regulate the ‘Active Case Search’ (BAC) and to argue, based on the evidence, in favor of the advisability of adopting the health decisions of the ‘Step by Step Plan’ on the basis of the positivity index that excludes the tests performed by BAC “.
“From our interview work with mayors and local health authorities, We were able to verify that the BAC strategy was translated on certain occasions in the carrying out of tests in squares, terminals or other public places where, even when they are in high incidence areas, the probability of finding a positive result is lower than in close contacts or exposed populations “, they specified.
“Consistent with the above, we found big differences between the positivity that is used to decide advances in the ‘Step by Step Plan’ (based on all the tests carried out, total positivity in the following) and the positivity that is obtained excluding BAC cases “they recalled.
🔈[DECLARACIÓN PÚBLICA] About the words of Minister Paris in his appearance today, Wednesday, September 22, 2020: https://t.co/Urp88jnvWz pic.twitter.com/Ew55h5UpTs
– EspacioPublico (@EsPublicoCL) September 23, 2020
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