The Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, announced that the health pass to mass events for those people who have the complete vaccination scheme against the coronavirus will come into force "surely next week", once the details of its implementation are finalized between the areas of Sports, Tourism, Culture and the provincial jurisdictions.
Vizzotti clarified that the application of the sanitary pass, of an enabling and non-restrictive nature "does not include at this stage neither the school environment, nor the work environment or public transport. In these places, the care, testing and case management protocols already in force must be maintained. The recommendations will be evaluated on an ongoing basis and are dynamic."
"What the health passport seeks is that we all take care of ourselves, to highlight what it means to complete the vaccination schedules", he said and pointed out that he considers that "there is no resistance to be vaccinated in most of the society, but that after the second wave and the high risk perception, there are some people who did not prioritize vaccination", he explained in a press conference he gave together with the Minister of Health of Córdoba, Diego Cardozo.
"It is important for the private sector to know that this (the health pass) is also an opportunity to protect their business, their activity, now and in the future, taking into account what we are seeing happening in the Northern Hemisphere," said the minister. She added: "The passport contemplates national recommendations, regardless of having COVID-19 or not. Natural immunity is not for life, the national recommendations define the passport".
The enabling passport will be available to citizens through the Cuidar app and was discussed and approved by the Federal Health Council in which the Ministers of Health of all the provincial jurisdictions are present, where "there was agreement that this is the moment to implement this new strategy," the official explained.
"Argentina is saying all the time that the pandemic did not happen. We have the tools to minimize the situation, but this variant (Omicron) confirms what we thought. We have to be vigilant", concluded the head of the health portfolio on the new strain of the coronavirus.
The Omicron threat
The measure comes in response to the worldwide concern generated by Omicron, the new strain of coronavirus detected in Africa which, according to preliminary studies, is much more transmissible than the delta strain. The World Health Organization also sounded the alarm on the matter, although it specified that details are still lacking to know the extent of the threat. For the time being, several countries have begun to adopt sanitary measures, including Argentina.
For the WHO, if the new variant spreads more easily, it will cause more cases and more pressure on health systems and, therefore, more deaths. So it urged countries to improve their surveillance to try to get a clear overview of where and how fast it is spreading.
He also urged accelerated vaccination against COVID-19, especially among vulnerable populations that have not yet received any vaccine. In that sense, official data assure that 7 million Argentines only received the first dose and do not present themselves to receive the second dose when it is currently in free demand.
The Faculty of Exact Sciences of the National University of La Plata (UNLP), meanwhile, issued this Friday a recommendation to establish mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus for the entire adult population, as a measure to control the circulation of the virus and prevent the appearance of new variants.
This recommendation is based on the fact that among the prevention measures adopted around the world to control the pandemic, vaccines have proven to be one of the safest and most effective. In addition, the drugs approved so far have highly acceptable safety profiles, which have shown high efficacy and effectiveness data as they managed to control severe disease, hospitalizations and deaths.
The Tucuman experience
The implementation of a health pass in Tucumán led to an increase in the number of people who showed up at vaccination centers in the last few days to apply the second dose against the coronavirus and, thus, be authorized to participate in cultural and religious events, according to specialists.
The coordinator of Sentinel Doctors, José Mansilla, pointed out that between Thursday and Friday "there was a notable increase in the number of people" who went to complete the vaccination scheme, after the health pass came into effect last Tuesday until December 31.
Lighter side of Omicron
Tedros from WHO tries to write "Omicron" in Chinese and fails miserably.
Headline : Omicron in Mandarin sounds like 'I exterminate CCP'
Omicron in Mandarin sounds like 'I exterminate CCP' | Taiwan News | 2021-12-07 16:23:00
Cartoonist depicts WHO choice of Omicron as PR fail for CCP | 2021-12-07 16:23:00www.taiwannews.com.tw
The Nomad Soul (known as Omikron: The Nomad Soul in North America) is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 1999 and Dreamcast in 2000.
There are others noticing this close naming convention. The following YouTube video is very close to the same clip that Max Egan used in his video plus some:
Pavlov would approve of how it is being done.So why did anyone take the jab? All western countries can now implement the same rule!
Specialists from the Colon Clinic developed a novel research that gives rise to "a profound worldwide rethinking" on how to treat critical patients with coronavirus. It gave excellent results in 100% of the cases. "My team is overwhelmed and elated. Talking about this effective treatment and a cure is the same thing," Dr. José Luis Santos, coordinator of Intensive Care, told LA CAPITAL.
In reality, it is not such a revolutionary issue. And natural alternatives to down-regulate ACE2 have already been proposed:Hallazgo médico marplatense podría revolucionar cómo tratar el Covid a nivel mundial
Por Gonzalo Gobbi | @gonzalogobbi La comunidad científica internacional recibió, con grata sorpresa y auspiciosas expectativas, un trabajo desarrollado por profesionales médicos de Mar del Plata para tratar a los pacientes críticos con coronavirus de una manera sustancialmente distinta a la que...www.lacapitalmdp.com
A medical finding from Mar del Plata could revolutionize how to treat Covid worldwide.
Full Translated: Hallazgo médico marplatense podría revolucionar cómo tratar el Covid a nivel mundial
PDF Article: Journal of Clinical Medicine | PDF | Heart | Statistics
As of December 8, the following is recommended, step 1:
● Work at home to some extent.
● Universities should avoid large gatherings.
● Everyone, children and adults alike, should keep their distance in public places.
● Pubs should avoid crowding.
● Mouthguards for crowded public transport are recommended for adults.
The recommendations are valid until 31 January 2022.
If the spread of infection increases further; further measures may be required. The government is also reintroducing some of the financial support measures that were in place previously, including the abolition of medical certification for the so-called carrier's allowance, compensation for at-risk groups and the temporary abolition of the waiting period deduction. The measures are proposed to remain in force until 31 March 2022.
Step two:
If the spread of infection and hospitalisation increases, the next step is to move to step 2, which will apply:
● Work from home for all who can work from home.
● Vaccination certificate for more activities and for gatherings with fewer than 100 people.
● Partial distance learning for adult education institutions.
● Adults must refrain from matches, competitions and camps.
● Associations to refrain from major camps, competitions and cups.
For stage 3:
● Adults should limit close contact.
● Partial distance or distance learning in secondary school.
● Social events such as recreational activities, camps and cups for children and young people are cancelled.
● Restricted opening hours of catering establishments.
● Maximum number of people per square metre in shops, for example.
● No visitors in care facilities.
Clarification: clarifies that distance in public spaces concerns everyone, children and adults alike.
• Tomorrow the government will refer vaccination certificates to, for example, gyms and restaurants, says Lena Hallengren.
Translation: DeepL
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