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Živilė Gudlevičienė, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė’s health adviser, announced on Monday that she was considering denying access to the passport after the COVID-19 test.
The reasoning behind the decisions is lacking
Ausma Miškinienė, the mayor of Lazdijai district, does not support the idea of ceasing to provide opportunities to obtain a passport with COVID-19 tests. According to the mayor, the opportunity passport and vaccination are complementary things, but by not allowing the opportunity passport with the test, it would cause inconvenience to a part of the population.
The mayor points out that some people cannot get vaccinated due to their health, beliefs or other circumstances.
“It is necessary to have a clear, objective and reasoned explanation of why a person cannot be vaccinated, perhaps for other reasons, in order to have the opportunity to take the relevant test and exercise the right conferred by the passport and its possession must be” , says A. Miškinienė.
A. Miškienienė in no way encourages renouncing the passport. It emphasizes, however, that any decision that affects people’s lives must be based on reliable and clear information.
“I want to believe that if the decision is made to introduce a passport of opportunity, then to provide that having one or another action is allowed with a passport of opportunity, provides certain opportunities, that future consequences have been evaluated or results are expected.
Therefore, I tend to trust, not to criticize, to say if it is necessary or not, but I would like to assess responsibly if we do not forget to monitor the decisions and see if it gives us the expected effect and if we take other measures. decisions every day. “- comments A. Miškinienė.
However, the mayor lacks a unified communication and assessment of decisions.
“A clear communication and an explanation of why one decision or another is being made, how long it will take, what we aim for and what results are expected are, in my opinion, as necessary as the appropriate decisions. It is impossible not to say B after saying A, ”says A. Miškinienė.
Opportunity passport offers to decline
The mayor of Šiauliai, Artūras Visockas, also believes that it is wrong to consider the possibility of not granting a passport to residents who are taking the test. However, the mayor adds that the passport of opportunity in general is already an exhausted measure that must be completely abandoned.
“It should be closed completely because the masks have become mandatory indoors. The infection occurs indoors, so the passport of opportunities was like an incentive to get vaccinated, because you will not need a mask on the premises either, you will probably be freer. In fact, people reacted, they got vaccinated and the opportunity passport did its job, ”says A. Visockas.
According to A. Visockas, the passport of opportunities is currently doing harmful work, opposing people, putting psychological pressure on them. According to the mayor, the passport of opportunity should be abandoned as soon as possible, and not denying it would be a big mistake.
“It just came to our attention then. On the technical side, you can put down the phone, etc. Imagine the stress of a vulnerable elderly person with shaking hands.” Give a passport to opportunities. “The person starts to worry, looks for a phone or a leaf.This is additional stress.
For a young man there is no problem spitting, for a young man there is no problem here, but the strength of the State lies in the extent to which it is capable of respecting, loving children and the elderly. Here’s the issue of older people, there are a lot of them. Many older people are concerned that a passport is no longer needed, it has already done its job. Who needs more stress for people? ”, Says A. Visockas.
Support the idea
The mayor of Marijampolė, Povilas Isoda, would be happy if the decision was made to stop providing passports with evidence. According to the mayor, there are currently long queues at the test points in the municipality.
“A large part of the registered people do not come to do the tests, there are queues. I would support the idea that if you do not want to be vaccinated, you do not have other things necessary for the passport, then solve the matter in private, try, but that we, the municipalities, public institutions, primary health care centers do not we should be burdened with this burden, ”says P. Isoda.
The portal tv3.lt recalls that it is currently possible to obtain an opportunity passport only after performing a paid SARS-CoV-2 PCR test or a paid antigen test.
Isoda says that the number of people who do not come to the municipal test points is different every day. One day, one in five people who sign up for the test does not make it to the test points, and 30% may not show up the next day.
“It just came to our attention then. About 20 percent. It doesn’t really come, there are more some days, 80 and 30 and more. That’s irresponsible. Sign up, it didn’t cost you anything, something changed, you didn’t come. It’s a shame that it is not possible to cancel this in the system ”, says P. Isoda.
As a result, people who need tests for symptoms or other reasons have to wait in long lines.
In general, Mr. Isoda supports the idea of a passport to opportunities and believes that more opportunities should really open up for those who have it.
“The worst that can happen is a halt in life. People who are confident, who need to be motivated in some way after being vaccinated, would not want that either. No matter how I count them, yes, they can also be used, get sick, but the percentage is much lower.
We see this perfectly with us in the hospital, all unvaccinated with complex diseases. I support that the passport of opportunities must remain for those people who are vaccinated and protect not only themselves but also the environment, they must be given the opportunity to live a full life ”, comments P. Isoda.
However, the mayor did not accept proposals to complicate the lives of unvaccinated residents. According to him, measures should be taken to motivate the population to vaccinate.
It is considered that the passport of opportunity would not be issued after the test.
There are no plans to give up the passport possibility at the moment, but it is being considered that it will not be issued after the COVID-19 test, says Živilė Gudlevičienė, the prime minister’s health adviser.
“To date, there are no such thoughts (give up passport options – BNS). I would just say that there are other thoughts that the evidence should not be included in the passport of opportunity, to remove it from the passport of opportunity, because we see that the situation has not improved, “a government representative told reporters on Monday.” One person pregnant but not vaccinated and not ill is a source of risk, a greater source of the virus than one that is vaccinated and ill, “he added.
According to her, this proposal is currently being discussed “between ministries.”
“There are deliberations, but no active deliberations yet, and that is, say, between ministries,” Ž. Gudlevičienė. According to her, the use of a passport for opportunities largely depends on the scope of vaccination, especially for the elderly.
“We see from foreign experience that the passport of opportunity is rejected, but this is mainly related to the scope of vaccination <...> However, it is observed all the time that there might be an opportunity to return to him as the situation worsens. This is mainly determined by the volume of vaccinations and especially the number of vaccinations for the elderly, ”said the Prime Minister’s Advisor.
The Opportunity Passport is currently available for COVID-19 vaccination, illness, or with a negative result on a paid PCR test or a paid antigen test.
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