The alarming predictions did not materialize:
two weeks after the "learning testers" outline and almost two months after the start of the omicron wave, so far only 24 children have been diagnosed with PIMS, a multi-system inflammatory syndrome that can affect children two weeks after recovery.
This is despite fears from the beginning of the outline and the warning in the AMN report against 200-100 cases of this type.
Data from the Ministry of Health show that from the beginning of the epidemic to the Omicron wave, 220 children per line in PIMS.
Since the beginning of the fifth wave, 24 children have been hospitalized: 17 with a definite diagnosis, and seven PIMS suspects, most of them in a mild condition.
The Ministry of Health stated that "all the medical documents have not yet been received for examination by the special team, which attacks each and every case."
Dr. Tirosh: "So far it has been proven that vaccines prevent PIMS by 90 percent", a vaccination of children, Photo: Herzli Shapira
It will be recalled that a few days before the start of the "Learning Examiners" outline, the Association of Pediatricians changed its position, and asked to postpone the start of its implementation in light of fears of an increase in PIMS cases.
The corona projector, Prof. Salman Zarka, also asked to wait for the outline to be implemented.
However, the data suggest that there has been a decrease in the prevalence of the syndrome in children: if in previous waves the prevalence of PIMS was estimated in one in 3,000 infected, based on about 850,000 children up to the age of 18 infected so far in the omicron wave. Up to six weeks after recovery), in which there were 117,000 infected, the incidence dropped to about 1: 5,000 cases.
Dr. Irit Tirosh, director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Service at Safra Hospital in Sheba, says: "In my opinion, there are far fewer such cases in the current wave, but we have to wait another two to three weeks before we can say this with confidence.
Vaccines have so far been shown to prevent PIMS by 90 percent, and the best way to reduce the risk of the disease is to get vaccinated.
In Sheba, there was no vaccinated child with PIMS. "
Prof. Tzachi Grossman, chairman of the Pediatrics Association, adds: "Indeed, we asked to wait with the outline of education for another week, and a few days later the decline began.
Nothing would have happened if we had waited.
There are very large disappearances in the education outline.
Many of the students are not tested or reported. "
Prof. Hagai Levin, chairman of the Association of Public Health Physicians, emphasizes that: "The damage of the corona crisis, and vulnerabilities such as eating disorders, depression and academic, mental and social impairment, must be measured and reduced."
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