The specialist reported that we are still in a pandemic.
Courtesy Rafael Wong | He called on people to continue with hand hygiene
Given the appearance of new variants and the increase in people infected with covid-19 daily, the infectologist Rafael Wong calls on the population to use the mask correctly and continue to implement hygiene measures.
The specialist informed scoop that “we are still in a pandemic” and new variants of covid-19 will come out.
The also pediatrician stated that the use of the mask should not be taken as a punishment.
“It should be taken as a means of protection or a measure of care, both for covid and for many other diseases to which we will always be exposed, such as tuberculosis, other types of bacterial and viral infections, we are in the rainy season where cases of respiratory diseases are increasing,” he added.
He emphasized that the correct use of the mask is that it covers the nasal part, mouth and chin, that is, there must be a total seal.
He also called on people to continue cleaning their hands, “we forget that our hands are a means of transmission of both covid and other diseases and the manipulation of common objects, of secretions, can lead us to get sick; so we must reinforce the hygiene part, ”said the infectologist.
fourth dose
Wong stated that any individual with more than six to eight months of prior administration should receive a booster dose.
“Immunization is not going to prevent the disease, but it is going to treat infectious processes to be much milder, that is the intention of immunization, which is not to avoid disease, but rather to make it much more bearable over time,” he explained.
He explained that it is a measure to avoid severe diseases and reduce transmission. If an individual has few symptoms, he or she will be less able to transmit the disease to a person who is highly symptomatic.
He reported that the vaccines so far have been shown to be quite safe.
variants
The specialist assured that what is going to change between one variant and another is the transmissibility capacity, some being much more transmissible than others, “but in the simple context, in which we are interested as a population and citizen is that covid Whatever variant it is, whatever name it has, it is contagious.”
Wong stressed that things should be called by their name, that is, if a patient has respiratory symptoms, they should go to the doctor, since many people prefer to mask reality in a common flu, “person who has symptoms, go to the doctor to identify and diagnose early and in a timely manner, and not go into denial.”
He asserted that right now it is striking that the new variant (Centaurus) is experiencing more odynophagia than was seen with the previous variants, which gives much more sore throat.
He called for awareness, recalling that biosecurity measures are not a punishment, “they are implemented for self-protection and the protection of our families and loved ones.”
The children
With the arrival of the vacation period there is a decrease in the contact of large groups in relation to the pediatric population.
He also emphasized being very careful in places where children share (parks, shopping centers, etc.), he indicated that they must be taken care of and, to the extent possible, that they can use their mask, educate them on its correct use.
Finally, he made it clear that one and two-year-olds do not use the mask, “because they are not old enough to tolerate that seal and have it on,” Wong concluded.
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