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The Order of Doctors is against the mandatory installation of the StayAway Covid application because there is no scientific evidence that its use contributes to reducing the incidence of covid-19.
“The StayAway Covid application is only useful in complementarity with other measures to control the pandemic and its interest is scarce in isolation. There is no solid scientific evidence that its use can contribute significantly to reducing the incidence of covid-19”, justifies the Order of Doctors in a statement.
And he adds that “the mandatory nature of their installation, use and respective inspection, calls into question fundamental ethical issues that underlie the experience of a democratic state, by not preserving the confidentiality and protection of personal data, and by interfering with the fundamental freedoms and individual rights, which we all want to protect ”.
The Government delivered a bill this week to force both the use of a mask on public roads and the use of the StayAway Covid application in work, school and academic contexts, as well as in the Armed Forces, Security Forces and administration. public, and the demand for the application generated a wave of criticism.
In the statement released this Sunday, the Ordem dos Médicos also explains that “an important part of the Portuguese population, perhaps even the most vulnerable, does not even have the mobile equipment necessary to install the StayAway Covid application.
“To this extent, Installation and use of the Stayaway Covid app is recommended., but in no case will it be mandatory, “he argues.
This position, the note explains, arises “without prejudice to the reinforcement of the importance of national cohesion in the fight against the common enemy, the SARS-CoV-2 virus” that the Crisis Office of the Portuguese Medical Association for covid- 19 and The President of the Medical College believes that there must be “within the framework of the exponential worsening of the epidemiological situation of the pandemic.”
In the Order’s judgment, “the fight against SARS-CoV-2 infection has several dimensions that can and should be applied in the field” and in this sense it defends that “listening to those who identify transmission chains, diagnose, follow up and treat to patients is absolutely essential to overcome this pandemic. “
“It is not with unrealistic measures, without solid scientific evidence, creating false expectations of security, that we help to build an effective battle front. It is true that we are fighting a still little-known enemy, we face uncertainty. But we cannot lose the course “, highlights.
In this sense, they argue that they want “Portugal to be a benchmark in the field of health, covid and non-covid, which implies persisting on the path of science and ethics.”
The announcement of this initiative by the socialist executive was made after the Council of Ministers decided to raise the level of alert to the calamity situation throughout the national territory due to the worrying evolution of the covid-19 pandemic, as well as the adoption of new measures to curb the increase in cases.
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