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The Lithuanian who lives there recounted Portugal’s experience at Info Day on Thursday.
Portugal would ask the same question to those who do not want to be vaccinated: why? Why didn’t you want to? With them, the majority of the public was in favor of vaccination. There were infinitely few people who did not want to receive that vaccine. Practically 2-3 percent. Portuguese society was against the vaccine.
That is the secret of success, there is no other. The Portuguese government practically did not have to try to persuade the Portuguese to get vaccinated, ”Lithuanian Portuguese E. Žukauskaitė told Info Day.
The consequences, he said, were felt immediately.
Vaccination in Portugal
“After practically vaccinating 60-70 percent. The Portuguese population, the number of infections and deaths from coronavirus fell dramatically. This showed that the vaccine is still effective, ”said E. Žukauskaitė.
According to her, in the seventies and eighties of the last century, the country suffered the consequences of the former fascist dictatorship, when the Portuguese themselves did not administer vaccines against measles and rubella.
“There were many people who died or became seriously ill because they had not received these vaccines. So, the older generations continue to be that living memory: they remember how difficult it was to remember the moments when a vaccine was not administered, it was not available ”, said the interviewee.
According to E. Žukauskaitė, the only problem in Portugal was not the reluctance to get vaccinated, but the lack of vaccines.
“I think Portugal would have reached that record even earlier if the vaccines had been administered earlier.” Everyone wanted to be vaccinated, but they were vaccinated by age groups, and in July, at the beginning of August, Portugal asked for help from other countries to exchange vaccines that Those countries didn’t need it at the time, just because they had the fourth coronavirus. “It came,” he said. Show participant.
Vaccination in Portugal
The key to success is the military order and the awareness of the population
Currently, 9 out of 10 Portuguese are vaccinated and the vaccination campaign was led by Vice Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo.
“The army was chosen for an important reason: he presented the order and confirmed it. Now he has resigned, as he himself said, he has already finished his job because there is nothing left to vaccinate in Portugal. The vaccination centers are being closed and he he has just introduced a military order, as it should be, so that everything is extremely well organized, ”said E. Žukauskaitė.
She said that she herself had been vaccinated in Portugal, and people until now, having met the Vice Admiral on the street, thank him for a very well organized vaccination process.
“He implemented what otherwise would not have been done so well,” said the Lithuanian.
According to E. Žukauskaitė, in Portugal the population was vaccinated by doctors, but the army representatives supported the general order. Unlike Lithuania, in Portugal, according to her, it was not possible to freely choose a vaccine manufacturer.
“Compared to Lithuania, it was not possible to choose a vaccine in Portugal. When arriving at the vaccination center, only after all the registration stages, sitting in line, entering their small office, they said which vaccine would be administered and the person could , of course, disagree, but the freedom of choice was not so great. ”Said the Lithuanian resident in Portugal.
Vaccination in Portugal
He also said that residents were free to choose only where they would be vaccinated with the first dose, and they had to come there to receive the second vaccine.
“Portuguese society itself wanted the vaccine, it was a wish. When we have crossed the line where the majority of the population of the country is in favor and values it positively, being the one who speaks against it is simply automatically unpopular. So the society itself dictated those rules ”, commented E. Žukauskaitė.
According to her, politicians finally no longer needed to interfere in the smooth vaccination process, and the Vice Admiral himself, who was leading the process, always coolly and calmly opposed the few protesters who occasionally ran into him, thus demonstrating a strong position. .
“All restrictions have been lifted, with the exception of the largest performance halls, large gatherings where masks are still needed, and tests will also be carried out or simply a vaccination certificate will be required, but bars and clubs have been opened that do not they have worked since the pandemic. “said a Lithuanian in Portugal.
However, according to E. Žukauskaitė, the essential factor is the conscience of the Portuguese themselves.
“An interesting fact about Portuguese society is that, although masks are no longer worn, the Portuguese still wear masks as much as they go to restaurants before sitting down at the table. It has become a part of their lives and it is a certain conscience. They realize that this is not the end, autumn also comes here, winter is also humid and it is not so hot here, there is already talk that a third dose may be necessary. The Portuguese are only protecting themselves and others, they still wear masks when there are other people around, ”he added.
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