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Below are 7 points that Professor M. Stankūnas from the School of Public Health shared on his social network, true, emphasizing that this is his subjective reaction, with which you can both agree and disagree:
1. We no longer manage the COVID-19 outbreak in Lithuania. The current control of the epidemic is reminiscent of something like Jordan riding a ball around you and you running around, juggling your hands and … well, type you are playing.
2. Many of the measures currently in place, such as contact traceability, are no longer relevant in practice. There are so many cases that are already officially diagnosed. And we are well aware that the actual numbers are much higher.
3. We need to understand that a thief (virus) is in our house and is staying there. The most important task now is to protect a key asset, the healthcare system. A big mistake is to console that only 332 patients are currently being treated in hospitals. We know from the first peak that the growth in the number of hospitalizations lags behind the growth of new cases.
For example, during the first peak, the highest number of new cases was recorded in the last days of March and the beginning of April, and the number of people hospitalized peaked between April 13 and 26, with an average of 135 patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Thus, the number of hospitalized patients will increase.
4. A global quarantine plan should be developed and implemented in the near future (ie within 48 hours) with the very specific and multidisciplinary assistance of scientists and specialists. It should be softer than in the spring (because you don’t really need some restrictions), but at the same time tighter than it is now.
This quarantine must have a clear end date. And with our heads down, we should say that it is being published because we have not been able to do our homework and prepare for the second peak. Every minute given by this quarantine must be used to develop a clear strategy, tools and algorithms to further handle this crisis.
5. Repeat the seroepidemiological study to see realistically how much the virus affects us. We already have experience. We learned our lessons. Many things are ready. Once we fix them, we can get started quickly. And we also have rapid tests “through the eyes”.
6. There must be a very clear advisory committee of scientists and specialists. If he will be with the Government or the Presidency. It is important that the public clearly knows what is on that committee and that their advice is heard.
7. Let’s not lie to ourselves. If we do not act now … we will act in the future, but with much sadder consequences. That relatively quiet language that was last week has stayed there. Today is today.
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