In a conversation with Israel Today, the doctors refer to the day after the restrictions • Prof. Ronit Calderon Margalit: "It is important to encourage learning outside" • Prof. Eyal Leshem: "Remember that the vaccine is only effective only a week after the second dose" • Prof. Nadav Davidovich: " The need for speed tests becomes critical "
The exit from the quarantine, along with the opening of the vaccination campaign to the entire population, raises questions about continuing to deal with the virus.
The internalization that the third closure model has collapsed is sharpening among health professionals.
"We have now fired heavy artillery - without success," explains Prof. Ronit Calderon Margalit of the Hebrew University School of Public Health. "Influenza coefficient 1 is unstable, when what may explain, in part, the very arrival of it is the small children and their parents staying at home - And not the education system. "
It is allowed to get a haircut, it is not allowed to gather: the third closure has come to an end // Photo: Shmuel Buharis and Newsenders
Calderon adds that "the previous closures were effective when it was seen, at the beginning of the current closure, that it might create the effect as the previous ones - and then we saw that it failed, partly because the decline in mobility was much lower than what we saw in previous closures. It is possible, by the way, that the right way, in part, is to encourage people not to come to work, but to stay and work at home - and not in the form of closure. "
"We have lost significant tools, in part due to selective and unequal enforcement and loss of public trust - so the most important recommendation is to run to get vaccinated! The vaccines are working and we are seeing a decline in new hospitalizations in people over 60".
And what about the next step?
Calderon emphasizes the need for creative solutions in the education system - "the use of unmanned public buildings, outdoor learning and any maintenance of daily routines for meetings is also important for the mental health of students."
On the fluctuation in morbidity and the morbidity coefficient, Prof. Eyal Leshem, an expert in infectious diseases at Sheba Medical Center, says that "the increase in morbidity and the coefficient of infection reflect a process of declining adherence to quarantine guidelines among large publics. In morbidity. "
Prof. Leshem emphasizes that "corona wards are very busy, and it is very difficult to continue to give optimal care to hospitalized patients. These are mainly patients belonging to risk groups, who did not get vaccinated before being infected. It is important that the whole public is vaccinated, and it is more important to remember "It is advisable to follow the instructions until a week has passed after the second dose, because only then will the vaccinated be optimally protected."
As for the issue of how to open up the economy and the education system soon: "There is no doubt that we will pay for it with an increase in morbidity, and the only solution is to continue informing and adhering to the guidelines. Red cities and towns should be closed until the morbidity level drops."
He also called on the public to get vaccinated: "Israel is the only country in the world where anyone who wants can get vaccinated and protected within a month from severe corona.
There are those who emphasize that the state should be prepared to maintain a proper routine in the shadow of the corona.
"We expected that with the advent of vaccines we would return to our lost routine of life, but we must boldly say that this will not happen in the coming months. The plans did not match the rate of virus spread, and eradication became an unrealistic possibility," said Prof. Nadav Davidovich, head of public health school Ben Gurion.
"Now, the State of Israel must build a program that will allow us a new life alongside the existing virus, a new life that will include gatherings confined to the vaccinated, recovering and tested in rapid tests. The need for rapid tests becomes critical, we must act quickly," he said.