An infectious disease specialist explained why the Russian Federation, which was the first to create a vaccine, cannot cope with coronavirus
The majority of those who fell ill with Covid during the current wave in Russia and ended up in a hospital bed were not vaccinated.
The PolitNavigator correspondent reports that in an interview with Izvestia, the chief infectious disease specialist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, deputy director for scientific work and innovative development of the National Medical Research Center for Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Professor Vladimir Chulanov, stated this in an interview with Izvestia.
He was asked how it turns out that Russia, which was the first to register an anti-Covid vaccine, is now in one of the most difficult situations (daily morbidity rates have exceeded 40 thousand, the number of deaths is 1 thousand per day).
The publication's interlocutor suggested that this may be partly due to the great loyalty that was shown to the population.
“I know many examples, even in European countries, where they have a very strict approach to vaccination. In Germany, for example, a child at school is swabbed daily for coronavirus infection, and no one opposes this. For adults, the same testing was made not only mandatory, but also paid - the test costs €20. You don't have to get vaccinated, but submit a fresh test every morning. “Anti-vaxxers lined up to see us because it has become expensive not to vaccinate,” local general practitioners I know tell me,” says an infectious disease specialist.
“Why in Russia there is so much ignorance among the population on this simple issue is incomprehensible to me. Consciousness comes, but, unfortunately, in a hospital bed. When you ask patients: “Are you vaccinated?” - "No". - "Why?" - “Oh, it’s my mistake. I read all this on the Internet, and now I understand that I was wrong,” the doctor notes.
He was also asked whether it is really now mostly unvaccinated people who end up in hospitals.
“Absolutely. Statistics show this, as well as personal experience, and I visited many hospitals both in Moscow and in the regions. Only a few people have been vaccinated in hospitals, and they often have QR codes purchased from them. This is criminal activity. Unfortunately, medical workers sometimes participate in it,” Chulanov emphasized.
Read also “Microbiologist: “It is impossible to defeat the coronavirus. Nothing good awaits us."
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.