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The government is looking for “smart” ways to reduce viral load immediately and to be able to open economic activity after March 15 as safely as possible and with less pressure.
Faced with the outbreak of cases and the “asphyxia” in hospitals that are of intense concern to specialists and the government, the implementation of specific measures is on the “table”, such as restricting the use of the numerical code “6” and the application of controls stricter police.
Also, as she herself stated government representative, Aristotle Peloni, Speaking to SKAI, “The use of the message for physical exercise is being considered. only on foot and not by car. “
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Three parameters for the burst
In an effort to explain why we got to this point, the EKPA rector, Thanos Dimopoulos, stressed that “there is a combination of things. One is the fatigue of all of us after a year of pandemic, the second is the climate and the third is mutations. This has led to a situation in which hospital reserves are very limited “Efforts are being made to open new ICU beds overnight. On the positive side, the vaccination rate is satisfactory and increasing. We believe that by the end of May, everyone over 60 will have been vaccinated.”
Referring to when new measures are expected to be taken, and whether this will be done before Swan Thursday or Shrove Monday, he noted, speaking to Mega, that “in each event or anniversary period, the time when the day grows and the the weather is better, there is synchronization from noon to closing time. Hospital personnel are at their limits, with a great effort and a large number of on-call personnel. Specialists do 10 shifts a month, and this is done for months ” .
“I do not know which is the most suitable solution for the market, if it will be specific measures, or with enhanced blocking. It seems difficult and the opening of schools, clearly there must be a decrease in the number of cases, and especially in hospitalizations ”, added Mr. Dimopoulos.
“Smart” measures
Speaking of the measures to be taken, Mr. Dimopoulos pointed out that “there are opinions that say that having the weekend close at 6:00 pm generates congestion at noon.” So maybe we should consider closing the weekend later. Another thought would be when someone sends a message to do gymnastics, to do it in their municipality. These are all half measures. It is a big global problem, there is no solution. If somehow we all magically had a distance of more than 2 meters, the virus would disappear. Let’s see how feasible this is. It’s a divisive issue, with different approaches that are constantly changing. “
At the same time Professor of Epidemiology, Athena Linou, He noted that the imposition of a stricter confinement depends on the government.
“The commission has proposed a stricter lockdown, but it is up to the state to translate it.” Let everyone be individual and see how we can limit our exposure to other people, “he said, referring to the need for” smart measures “that” do make people feel good and accept restrictions. “
Explaining what it means as “Smart measures”, clarified the epidemiologist: “It is possible to know where there is movement. If we could report which parks are crowded and where there is no confluence. That it be announced every half hour that we can move to a certain beach or a certain area. Municipalities can do the same. So we can feel good. “
He added that it is important to “think about how to protect ourselves and our family.” Prevention is no longer just about the coronavirus. It has to do with mental health, obesity.
“Retail opening, education”
At the same time, he estimated that after mid-March, retail could be opened “conditionally”, and stressed that “the question of providing free effective masks to all employees must be raised.”
In addition, he said that the reopening of schools should be done in two shifts, morning and afternoon, also with the provision of effective masks, while he argued that the opening hours of supermarkets should be extended since it generates congestion in them.
“Open earlier, close later. It is difficult, but what to do. There must be a solution.” Studies abroad show that supermarkets are places of dispersal and that employees are at high risk. “He even suggested that employees of specific stores undergo a rapid test twice a week.
Regarding the vaccines that are lost due to the damage to the electricity of the Athens Health Center, he affirmed that those responsible should go out and vaccinate the homeless and users so that they are not thrown away. “We will not escape the pandemic if we are not vaccinated,” he said.
Finally, on the fact that several children are now seriously ill with coronavirus, he said that “when we have a large number of children exposed, some of them will take the disease more seriously. And babies get sick all over the world. “
Earlier, the professor of genetics at the University of Geneva, Manolis Dermitzakis, He estimated that the application of a tougher closure is not the solution to the fact that the measures against the crown do not work as they should.
“Because the patient is in critical condition, we cannot take many risks. At the moment, in my opinion, increasing the dose is not going to work, “he stressed and added that he believes such a thing” not because in theory the hardest confinement is not a good solution but because in practice it will not be possible. implemented “.
“Things are like having a patient in the hospital. We gave him a drug that could help him in the past, now the drug does not work, so we have two options.” Either we will increase the dose of the drug or we will change the drug, “he said.
“There is no other option,” he said.
According to the professor, if the practice of “harder blocking” is decided, it should be clarified what exactly this means, and this solution should work.
He stated that he cannot describe any new measures, as he cannot say that the mobility of people who until now have not limited their sociability when they should be limited.
“I can’t tell you how some young people will stop having parties or some will go out and go from one part of Athens to another. It is very difficult to tell you and that is exactly the problem, “he stressed, adding that he hears many of his colleagues talking about a disaster if we open the time when there is an obstacle as to what is the best solution.
