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"If the children's vaccination campaign had been successful, we would have been somewhere else." Israel today

2022-01-09T21:39:06.869Z


Hospitals are preparing to jump in the number of patients • Based on data from around the world, where 91% of hospitalized children are not vaccinated, experts say: "The vaccine is the best tool we have against the corona" • Let's meet the numbers "


The morbidity continues to skyrocket, and against the background of data coming from around the world, it seems that more widespread infection with the micron is expected.

Experts


estimate that the peak of the wave will be seen in about two and a half weeks, and meanwhile hospitals are preparing for an increase in hospitalizations - especially in light of the absence of staff members who are forced into isolation.

Dr. Itai Pesach, director of Safra Children's Hospital, estimates that "We are currently at the beginning of the wave, and we will see its peak within two and a half to three weeks.

It is important to note that in the world and in the graphs, at the moment we no longer see a situation of widespread morbidity, but of a morbidity in which children came to hospital for other diseases and it turned out that they were also sick in Corona.

Dr. Pesach, Photo: Gideon Markovich

"From the information that flows from the world, we see that in New York City, for example, 70 percent of the children who have now been hospitalized are children who have been hospitalized because of the corona.

He said, "What also emerges from the wave is that 91 percent of the sick children are children who have not been vaccinated. If the vaccination of the children in the country was successful, and he was, to say the least, unfortunately not successful, then we would be somewhere else."

In this regard, Dr. Pesach calls on everyone who can - go now and vaccinate the children immediately: "The vaccine is the best tool we have, and it is what completely changes the way we deal with the corona."

Regarding the end of the current wave, Dr. Pesach said: “We see that corona is a strong virus and no assumption should be made in relation to it.

No one can say that the omicron virus will close the story because everyone will be infected and develop immunity, so the tool we have and it is a really good tool is the vaccines.

The more vaccinated they are, the better the reality will be. "

The three weeks of chaos

On the activities of the education system, Dr. Pesach said that "We will now experience in the education system three weeks of chaos because many children will be in isolation, will be sick and will be at home.

But after that we see a significant drop and a return to routine.

In any case, at the present time it is clear that any child who is not vaccinated and exposed to a patient - should stay at home.

The same goes for any child who does not feel well.

It is important to maintain hygiene, and it must be said that this is not the time for birthday parties in closed rooms or for lectures in halls. "

Meanwhile, Dr. Efrat Baron-Harlev, director of the Schneider Children's Hospital of the Clalit Group, also refers to the data, and to the question of whether the current wave may turn out to be the wave of children, she replies: "At the moment it does not appear to be a wave of children.

"From the latest data that comes to us from around the world, there is indeed an increase in the number of hospitalizations of children with corona, but this is not a disturbing increase in the severity of the disease."

Dr. Baron-Harlev, Photo: Yossi Zeliger

"We do not see an increase in pediatric hospitalizations at this time. The few symptoms we encounter are mainly fever and inflammation of the upper airways. In any case at least right now from what we see in New York City, even if we increase the number of hospitalized, we hope the numbers are reasonable." Of course, we are prepared for any scenario - if we have to open additional hospital beds for the benefit of Corona patients, we are prepared for that. "

Regarding morbidity among children aged 5-0, Dr. Harlev said that “the data from the country and the world do not raise any particular concern in terms of the severity of the disease.

In terms of the dimensions of the infection, we expect an increase in the number of children verified at these ages as well. "

At the end of her speech, Dr. Harlev said that "the main message that is important for us to convey - although care and diligence are required when it comes to hygiene, and it is recommended to vaccinate the children who are suitable, it is important to return to routine as much as possible.

We need to be less anxious about the situation and change the discourse to other issues related to children and their well-being, and not just in Corona. "

Preparing to flood the hospital

Ricky Zetland, director of nursing at Beilinson and Sharon Hospitals: "We are working flexibly. We have built a gradual plan to deal with the shortage of manpower, with the aim of avoiding as much as possible harm to non-urgent treatments. At the same time, we will gradually reduce them as needed."

She said, "It is likely that at the peak of morbidity in the coming weeks we will see a significant increase in the number of patients and positive staff. An orderly plan has been built and we are preparing for that. As for staff, we are taking action such as closing the dining room, canceling conferences and more."

The Ichilov Medical Center notes that the expression of an increase in hospitalizations is in the opening of a dedicated corona ward.

Due to isolation, some of the staff members canceled vacations at the medical center.

In addition, routine checks are performed on employees.

Meanwhile, Prof. Dror Mevorach, director of the second board and corona department at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, told Israel Today: "There is a clear increase every day in the number of corona patients hospitalized at Hadassah. "In isolation, but every day there are more sick staff members. Someday it will be difficult to contain it."

Regarding the question of whether a state of crisis is expected at Hadassah in light of the increase in the number of Corona patients hospitalized, Prof. Mevorach clarified that "we will reach serious stress. Crisis? Who knows."

Five times as many are hospitalized

Dr. Khatam Hussein, an infectious disease specialist, director of the Hospital's Infection Prevention Unit and a consultant to the Government Hospitals Division on Infection Prevention, describes that "we are seeing an increase in morbidity, but as long as there is no significant increase in the number of patients, we can contain it. "More people continue to be vaccinated and continue to vaccinate their children. We need three patients last week for 15 hospitalized. Most of the morbidity is relatively mild to moderate.

Yuri Yalon, Yaron Doron and Dan Lavi participated in the preparation of the article

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Source: israelhayom

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