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Health Committee Criticizes Guidelines: "Government Imposes Unclear Restrictions"
Committee members decided to limit the obligation to wear masks in open-air gatherings and isolation for a parent who gave birth was verified for one month only.
"There is no way to enforce the guidelines, the driving force has become how to evade a locksmith," accused Chairman Wright. Grotto:
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Meirav Cohen
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 11:40 Updated: 12:25
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The Labor, Welfare and Health Committee ruled today (Thursday) that the obligation to wear masks in gatherings of more than 100 people in open areas and the obligation to isolate a parent whose child is infected in Corona will be limited to one month only, until September 12.
At the hearing, the committee's chairman, MK Efrat Reitan (Labor), accused the government of confusing the restrictions that make it difficult to enforce.
Regarding the duty to wear masks, Wright said that "what has become the driving force is how to evade a locksmith. The government is imposing more and more restrictions and everything around this goal, but all sorts of questions arise from it. The wording of this order clarifies the misunderstanding and public criticism that no No data shows that this restriction will reduce the rate of infections. "
"There are no clear parameters for gathering in an open area. What happens if there are a hundred people standing in a bus stop, or alternatively in an entire football stadium, a hundred people are scattered? Is this a gathering? Need to wear a mask? "She wondered.
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(Photo: Knesset Spokeswoman, Danny Shem Tov)
Former chairman of the Association of Public Health Physicians, Prof. Hagai Levin, reinforced her remarks.
A distinction must be made between vaccinated and recovering and unvaccinated, and between people defined as at risk.
There is no distinction here.
There is no justification for imposing an obligation, which must be enforced by all means.
There is a difference between a recommendation and a duty. "
The former deputy director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Itamar Grotto, said that" in epidemics, naturally without intervention, the waves last two to three months. We may not need further steps. "
(Photo: Knesset Spokeswoman, Danny Shem Tov)
When the discussion turned to isolation in contact with a child infected with the virus, Wrighten argued that "there is no way to enforce this thing, is the child in the room or not. What, will you place cameras inside the houses? The definition of age is also problematic, not an indication of necessity Of the child in close contact with the parent, this creates problems in the interpretation and implementation of the order. "
"Once we eliminate the difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated, if everything is the same, what motivation of getting vaccinated?" MK Michal Rosin (Meretz) joined, and MK Meirav Ben-Ari (Yesh Atid) added: "If we require a vaccinated parent or recover to stay at home, we also have a responsibility. Why did we send him to get vaccinated? We should let them reduce the number of days, It is a death knell for the self-employed. "
In response to the allegations, the head of the public health staff at the Ministry of Health, Ilana Gens, said that "it is difficult to define the gathering in an open space because instead of an open party in the park we do not have a bouncer who checks the distance between people. In practice. The obligation to wear a mask does not impose any restrictions on the economy, although it is not comfortable at the level of the individual, but it is a light and proportionate restriction. "
"The purpose of the restrictions is not to encourage people to get vaccinated, but to reduce the restriction. Benefits for the vaccinated, if any, are added value," she said.
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