The president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Exadaktylos, told SKAI his own explanation behind the increase in vaccinations and the data that are now valid for achieving the herd’s immunity.
According to a doctor, the vaccinated people who have been vaccinated in the last few days were not motivated by the suggestions of the health workers but by the “daily presence of deaths next to them”, he explained. We will continue to advise them and answer the reasonable fears and questions they have to do what is necessary for their protection “, he added
Regarding the immunity of the herd, the doctor agreed that at some point the coronavirus cases will be “conjoined”, however he clarified that this will become a reality under certain conditions: “It is not enough to reach 7-8 million vaccinated in 12 or 18 months . “We must all be vaccinated at the same time,” he said, adding that we are in a phase where the defense of those already vaccinated should be renewed, with the third dose.
Regarding those who insist on not being vaccinated, he said he feared he would be convinced by “the danger of the virus or death”, explaining that in such matters the language used must be raw to be understood.
Also for the cases of health and doctors who express anti-vaccination views, he stressed that the disciplinary bodies of the PIS take care of their reprimand but away from the limelight. “In many cases, they have been punished, out of publicity, by revoking a license to practice the profession,” he added.
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