03/22/2021 12:58 AM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 03/22/2021 12:59 AM
Health Minister Carla Vizzotti spoke about the vaccination landscape in the face of the combination
of dose shortages,
the arrival of cold autumn days and an eventual second wave of coronavirus.
"It is much more risky, if no doses arrive, to have more than half of the people vaccinated with two doses than
twice as many people with the first dose
and to postpone the second doses for a few weeks," said Vizzotti in dialogue with
Fuego Amigo
( Channel 9).
In other words, the official insisted that in this context of lack of vaccines it is better to inoculate
more people with one dose
.
He added: "
The first dose has a very high efficacy.
It is not seeking to interrupt the circulation of viruses in any country in the world, but to lower mortality."
He continued on the strategy of the first dose: "It was not a recommendation in particular
.
It was a consensus of all the ministers and ministers in the daily.
Try to capture as many people
who are at risk of having complications and dying as soon as possible, with a dose that has been shown to reduce hospitalization and mortality. "
Ginés González García and who would be his successor, Carla Vizzotti.
She says they still talk weekly.
Photo Juan MABROMATA / AFP
In addition, Vizzotti said that he
has weekly communication
with his predecessor Ginés González García, who was ejected from his post after the VIP vaccination scandal.
"We had weekly contact from that Thursday and that Friday. When he found out that I tested positive (for covid) he asked me how I was doing.
We communicated to be close from afar,
" he said.
The scandal that led to González García's departure from the Health Ministry exploded on February 19, after journalist Horacio Verbitsky revealed in an interview that he had been vaccinated thanks to the efforts made by the now former Minister of Health.
"
There is no VIP vaccination in the Ministry.
It was a specific situation.
Only one day
, ten people. The President has already spoken, the Chief of Staff, I have already spoken. It was considered as a relevant fact and the President asked him for the Ginés resigns. It is something exceptional that cannot tarnish Ginés' career and what he did in the pandemic or the largest vaccination campaign in our history, "said the minister.
Invited in the program "Fuego Amigo", the minister addressed other topics.
About the group "Women governing" and the intern between Frederic and Berni
On the other hand, Vizzotti also spoke about the recent criticism of Sergio Berni by the group "Women governing" that includes hundreds of women with high positions in the Nation.
Violence is the limit.
From the Mujeres Gobernando collective we express our solidarity with the minister and comrade Sabina Frederic, in the face of the expressions of grievance and disqualification received today.
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- MujeresGobernando (@MGobernando) March 19, 2021
"It is a space of much construction, not only with a gender perspective, but also with politics.
We do not agree with any situation of violence
. Beyond any disagreement, violence is something that we always express against," said Vizzotti.
He continued: "There was a statement saying that violence is not the way. It was published in the tweet of 'Women Governing'. In a government front that is broad,
each one operates freely
and from that group we work. In fact, there is always debate We are convinced that violence and aggression is not the way. "
On March 18 -after the new intern in Security unleashed by the case of M.- the group tweeted: "Violence is the limit. From the 'Mujeres Gobernando' collective we express our solidarity with the minister and comrade Sabina Frederic, before the expressions of grievance and disqualification received today ".
The vaccination of Chile
Finally, Carla Vizzotti spoke about Chile's vaccination model, the efficacy of its doses and the state of its health system.
"The models have to be looked at as a whole. The vaccines are all different.
Chile vaccinates a lot, but now it has 90% of the intensive care beds occupied
, because the vaccine that Chile uses is not as effective in preventing the disease." , the minister understood.
And he closed: "He received more doses and that is why he vaccinated faster. It is not that he vaccinated faster but that he received more doses."
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