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According to V. Zemlis-Balevičius, the pandemic situation in Lithuania was aggravated by the fact that the management of the epidemic turned political. At that time, Inga Ruginienė, president of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation, was convinced that the main mistake of the Government was communication and concentration on vaccination.
Impaired figures
Last day 2182 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania, another 18 people died from COVID-19. Data scientist Vaidotas Zemlys-Balevičius is convinced that we will only see even higher numbers in the future.
“Based on current data, growth has accelerated compared to last week. We have four municipalities where last year’s records have already been broken. Therefore, I believe that this year we will beat last year’s records,” predicted V Zemlys-Balevičius.
According to the scientist, this is influenced both by the Delta variety and by the people of the country who oppose vaccines; according to him, they are now sick.
“It just came to our notice then. Autumn is the time we go back to the premises. The weather can be warm, but most people are indoors,” said V. Zemlys-Balevičius.
Guilty politics?
At that time, when evaluating the unsatisfactory results of the management of the Lithuanian pandemic, V. Zemlys-Balevičius considered that the policy could have changed legs.
“The biggest failure is that the management of the epidemic has become political and the only way out of the epidemic is vaccination. And in vaccination, the policy was to publish two different messages, one that vaccines were needed and the other of that vaccines were dangerous.
What does the average person have? He hesitates and is not vaccinated as a result. There is no need to look for comparisons with other countries, we simply have a low percentage of immunizations, and that is enough to make the epidemic rampant, “said the data scientist.
Furthermore, as V. Zemlys-Balevičius observes, immunization is achieved even after illness, so countries with a low percentage of vaccinated but more infected populations are more successful in coping with a pandemic.
“It just came to our knowledge then. The fact that we coped well, people didn’t get sick when there were no vaccines, but now there is no vaccination, that’s why we have problems. Those people who were protected by the state waited for the vaccines and they were able to get vaccinated, but they didn’t, now they are sick ”, he summarized.
I.Ruginienė: a fundamental mistake is to focus only on vaccination
For her part, Inga Ruginienė, president of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation, is convinced that the main error of the Government was that all the measures applied were not aimed at security measures, but at attempts to pressure and “force” the population to get vaccinated.
“It just came to our knowledge then. No one denies the benefits of vaccination, but we, during this period, focused solely on vaccination, we forgot about masks, regulation of production processes, no collection, no walking. through bars at night without any protection measures. The further we go, the more we will distrust these tools, “he predicted.
According to I.Ruginienė, concentrating on vaccination provokes the anger of the population.
At that time, V. Zemlys-Balevičius points out that vaccines would protect without any additional measures. “When you have a problem and when you have a solution, you need to focus on the most effective one,” he says.
I.Ruginienė said that the increase in the number of coronavirus cases is not very worrying in itself, because, compared to last year, the pace of testing has increased significantly: a list of positions that need to be tested periodically is provided .
According to her, the production companies have raised the pace of the tests to the heights, so it is normal that more cases are registered. However, according to I. Ruginienė, the high number of deaths and serious cases is worrying. The union president is convinced that government communication errors are contributing to the difficulties in handling the pandemic.
According to I.Ruginienė, the disagreement of ministers, various unclear decisions cause stress and anxiety to employees, make them distrust the planned measures.
“What is happening now? In my opinion, the total chaos in the state. Communication messages that today one way, tomorrow another. As with the payment of 100 euros, I was surprised when a minister says that he will give 100 euros, another still says head.
I believe that during such a difficult period, the communication message must be very clear and uniform, speaking on behalf of the Government ”, emphasized I. Ruginienė.
“The most important thing we lose is the trust in the media and the limitations,” he added.
Every negative message from the government reduces turnover
Evalda Šiškauskienė, president of the Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association, stated that she lacks positive communication from the government.
“All the negative messages that the Government has told us as a business: that it is scary that we are already putting on masks, we will probably announce the quarantine, all the business volume is immediately decreasing, people are driven by fear,” said E Šiškauskienė. hide.
“We want communication to” pass “through the positive view, already 60 percent. They have vaccinated us, soon we will reach the limit when we release, maybe we will still press, we will be vaccinated. Then we can make the same communication on the other side”, the president of the association is convinced.
At that time, when evaluating mandatory vaccination for employees in certain fields considered by the Government, E. Šiškauskienė considered that there was simply no other way out.
“From an economic point of view, I think we have no other way to go. As for Denmark, other countries are jealous of having x percent vaccinated.” People have released everything, but our numbers are increasing, and of somehow it is not clear to us why we are not in control of the pandemic; whatever we do, the numbers keep increasing, “said E. Šiškauskienė.
“Sometimes it seems like you have to handle everything and people have to learn to live and be careful, to wear masks, and those at risk just aren’t going anywhere. “Sometimes we don’t understand what to do, which is more correct here,” he added.
S.Čaplinskas: the first objective is to diagnose an infected person as soon as possible
Virologist Saulius Čaplinskas is convinced that representatives of some professions should be vaccinated.
“The fact that people who work in the public sector and who provide contact services need to be vaccinated is probably not a medical issue, because they themselves take risks, they pose a risk to other people, especially the vulnerable. “There must be an unambiguous condition in certain positions,” said the virologist.
Speaking about the Government’s communication strategy at the time, S. Čaplinskas said that the most important thing is to clearly understand the objectives of the fight against the pandemic, and the first objective should be to diagnose the infected person as soon as possible.
“If we analyzed the team with rapid antigen tests every three days, it would be enough to analyze two-thirds of the team – now the infection spreads mainly in educational institutions and work teams – if we did tests every three days, it would be 88 percent. they can reduce new cases of infection, ”suggested S. Čaplinskas.
Last day 2,182 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania, another 18 people died from COVID-19, 1,549 people were recognized as having recovered, the Department of Statistics announced on Thursday.
