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Coronavirus: When Petros Tsafrakidis, a urologist in Scotland, received an internal email at the hospital where he works, that the Covid-19 vaccination process for staff had begun, he didn’t give it much thought.
He immediately asked to know where it is done and went to get vaccinated himself.
“An internal email circulated at the hospital the day before yesterday saying, ‘Did you find out? The vaccine has begun. “We had a question that was asked and finally through some internal groups that the curators have on WhatsApp, we learned that it is in the Library, in the amphitheater. We went there and entered a queue. We asked if it was worth it. It was worth the stay and they replied: “yes, but you can wait half an hour.” “So I waited and did it,” he told the Athenian-Macedonian news agency. a native of Thessaloniki, a doctor.
“I wanted to do it, I considered it my responsibility and I consider myself lucky to have done it,” he emphasizes and explains that as a doctor he felt it as a debt. “I’m on call next week. Who walks through the hospital door in the emergency room? God and his soul … Some don’t even have their senses when they bring them in.” So, as protection for me and to contribute to the research and for my family, I made the vaccine, ”he characteristically states.
On the occasion of the discussion that occurs about him vaccination, Mr. Tsafrakidis declares his opposition to … sometimes Homeric fights on social media. “I see in social networks that some are in favor and others against, friends are arguing and blocking each other on Facebook. I do not approve, I think they are unacceptable. If you want to do it, if you want, don’t do it. The data is there. there, the data is there, you see it ”, he clarifies.
However, he did not hesitate, despite the fact that the vaccine is in its infancy and has not received EU approval, and decided to do so by giving his consent for future communications with the research teams.
“I read a study that said that of all the countries in Europe, the British are generally more willing to get vaccinated and less concerned about possible side effects than other European peoples.” Before doing so, I did my own homework to find out what to expect. ” , he said, and explained that in England the vaccine, which has not yet been approved by the European or British pharmaceutical agency, affects specific groups. “It is not for professional use, for example you cannot vaccinate the entire population as it is done. with the flu vaccine ”, he points out, clarifying that“ the central government of London has accepted vaccines for a certain population or age groups (over 80 years), doctors, nurses, those we call “front-line workers” ” .
When asked if he had found side effect of the vaccine you made, he responds negatively, explaining that all he feels is “a slight pain at the point of the vaccine, like a simple vaccine.” He affirms that he has been aware of two cases of allergic reactions in the country, while two nurses at the hospital where he works had skin rashes but, as he was able to learn, as he says, they are generalized mild reactions.
Love for Greece and its students
Hailing from Thessaloniki, raised in Kamara – “it couldn’t be more central!” live and work.
“I miss Greece and I would very much like to offer my country,” he emphasizes, while when asked if he is the son of the “brain drain”, he replies: “You can say it anyway. I left because I wanted to learn something new, see another thing “.
As he says, he would return under certain conditions and explaining what he means exactly, he characteristically notes: “We are a family of three with three different passports, but my wife, I and my son would also like to return to Greece, if we have a quality of life as we mean it, that is, not necessarily the big money or the “crazy” life or the big expenses. Family peace, the balance between work and daily life, being able to travel and feel that what I do It fills me up in the hospital. The rates in relation to here are not the same but that would not necessarily stop me if there was the perspective or the dynamics in a medical center to return “.
With the same enthusiasm that he talks about Greece, he also talks about teaching. “I have a passion for students and apprentices. I really like teaching. I am in two universities here in Medicine and I really like it,” he says with evident joy in the voice that comes from the other end.
It should be noted that England is the first country to administer the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine to specific groups of the population as of December 8.
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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