Teacher: If we wait for the numbers to drop according to the scenarios, we will live in quarantine until the summer

“I try all the time to support common sense and respond to what the science says. Experts seem to have gotten a bit confused about the main purposes of the quarantine, and the goal is not to shut something down, but to get businesses and residents ready to live in a new reality. If a company can guarantee its services with maximum security, then why couldn’t it start operating sooner ”, the professor considers.

According to him, when talking about safety in hairdressing salons, we should not confuse two things: the services themselves and, for example, drinking coffee, which already greatly increases the risk of contagion.

“It is one thing to provide hairdressing services safely, and another to have coffee at the table. There has long been evidence that if masks are used correctly, rooms are disinfected, beauty services can be safe, but if you drink coffee nearby, you run the risk, by the way, that infections have been recorded in hairdressers when the hairdressers were infected by each other while drinking coffee together, but they did not infect the clients, ”says S. Čaplinskas.

When asked if there would be a risk that the publication of some quarantine requirements would increase the number of cases again, the professor assured that this risk persisted.

“Of course, we should not talk about the fact that all companies should be opened without any security measures; it would be irresponsible, but those companies that can guarantee security can and could have already opened.” Mind you, with the most active movement of people, we will not prevent an increase in new infections, maybe even a jump, sadly if there are more infections, more deaths, but simply waiting for the majority of the country’s population, 70 percent. , becoming immune will be a complete bankruptcy, because it is possible to predict that only after 18-24 months the majority of the population will be vaccinated ”, says S. Čaplinskas.

When asked what other businesses, in addition to those already mentioned in the public space, could start operating, the professor assured that all must have the same requirements when it comes to security.

“For example, why can’t they open the same store if they have an entrance to the same Acropolis when it is possible to go to Maxim but not to other stores? Second, the same museums: there are not many people, it is easy to regulate the flow of people. There can be many concrete examples, but it is necessary to establish clear safety requirements and that’s it, ”says S. Čaplinskas.

According to him, it is not a logical decision to wait until there are no more cases of the disease.

“If we expect the number of cases to fall within the scenarios, which, in my opinion, are not logically justified, do not fully respond to the real challenges and needs, then we will live in quarantine until the summer, in the restrictions that exist now. But it is probably time to understand that certain restrictions will also have to remain in the summer ”, assured the professor.

Last day, 721 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Lithuania, 12 people died, the Department of Statistics reported on Thursday.

Additionally, six more coronavirus deaths were included in the overall death statistics when the actual date of death is earlier.

Last day, 1,442 people recovered from COVID-19.

In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has affected 184 thousand people. 948 people, 133 thousand. 994 people recovered, 45 thousand. 753 – tebeserga.

2,885 people have died from coronavirus in the country.

Last day, 1,491 people received the first dose of the vaccine and 4,291 people received the second dose.

In Lithuania, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was administered to a total of 75,000 people. 804 people, both doses – 30 thousand. 241 people.

There were 8,855 suspected coronavirus tests in the country last day, for a total of 1 million cases since the start of the pandemic. 957 thousand 327.