After reporting a dramatically changing situation, Chaplinsky’s assessment: the virus will be there all the time

“The virus has established itself in the human population, it will be there all the time, now it is clear. It will be until there is an effective vaccine. Also, it is now clear that the virus has seasonality, its clinic is more severe during the cold season But in the examples from other countries we see that the virus spread in the summer, in countries where it is hot. This means that it will be there all the time “, S. Čaplinskas shared his ideas.

He said quarantine was necessary for several reasons: to stop the first wave by training people in sick patients. And with the release of quarantine facilities, it is normal for the number of cases to increase.

“With the release of quarantine, people start to move, they no longer keep their distance, there are no masks, it is natural that there are and there will be more cases of infection than when people sit at home all the time,” he said.

He said the second wave of coronavirus he calls was an increase in infections in the country without knowing the routes of infection.

“After the cold season, again, if we do not humidify the facilities, if we are closer to each other indoors, the conditions for the spread of the virus will improve again.” Let’s say it is the second, third or somehow wave, but I call the second wave the fact that we have infections locally, within the country.

What does it mean when we say the source of the infection is unknown? This, perhaps, means that before that, the infected people did not know it by themselves, they transmitted the virus to another person, the second to become infected with someone who has no symptoms, “emphasized the director of ULAC.

“We are not controlling the spread as actively as we could,” he said.

S. Čaplinskas stated that those who really need it, the sick and their contact persons, should be quarantined.

“Sometimes we do not understand what to investigate, what methods to do. (…) If there is no confidence, if people do not understand why research is needed, they begin to avoid doing it, then it is that the routes of infection are not clear. And Every second you get it from those who don’t feel the symptoms, “he emphasized again.

You will have to get used to the protective masks

The government will decide Wednesday on the mandatory use of masks in interior public areas. S. Čaplinskas Delfi said the tool is suitable if used on purpose.

“It just came to our attention then. But the masks should be worn where needed, then when needed, as needed. In other words, if we start chasing people around the forest again, if it’s outside without a mask, here it’s completely silly, ”said the head of ULAC about wearing protective masks.

“It just came to our attention then. By the way, this had to be used even earlier during the cold season, but nobody was so scared,” he said.

S. Čaplinskas also shared tips.

“It will be necessary to wear masks on airplanes and other public transport for a long time. (…) It is clear that all beauty services, however unfortunate and unwilling they may be, must be considered, that there is close and long-term contact with strangers, “said S. Čaplinskas.

“There is a saying like ‘too late, too little.’ If we start applying the measures too late, it will be too little, and if it is too late, it will be too late,” said the head of ULAC.

The use of protective masks was mandatory in the country at some point during the quarantine introduced this spring due to the threat of the coronavirus.