“These days we mark two years since the outbreak of the corona epidemic and unfortunately, if there is one thing that still drives the decision makers in this event, it is anxiety and a feeling of fear,” says Prof. Idit Matot, anesthesiologist, director of anesthesia, pain and intensive care and director of surgery at the hospital. Ichilov in Tel Aviv.
“The omicron belongs to the corona family but there is nothing to compare it to previous strains like the alpha and delta we experienced that caused a prolonged and severe illness that caused fatal health damage with frequent need for respiration and sometimes acu use.
“It’s not now – not the omicron,” Matot continues. “In fact, for a month now we have been seeing and understanding that the omicron is highly contagious but has minimal damage. Minimal! And evidently, we do not have respirators in Ichilov with omicron. Not even one !!!
“What’s up? There are patients with the flu who breathe. These patients are not counted and published. These are patients who every year fill hundreds of hospitals, who are in an inpatient ward, some are admitted to intensive care, and are not heard about as often as the annual article on ‘old age’. From the hallway. “The flu is a disease without public relations. But it kills.
Important to know: The numbers shown to us by Corona patients in hospitals, easy (for the most part) and difficult alike, they have Corona but for the most part are not hospitalized because of Corona! For example: mothers, young people after a fall from a scooter, a patient with a urinary tract infection and more. We report to you two difficult patients with us in intensive care but the truth is that they are not due to Corona, one after a serious car accident and the other due to bleeding in the brain. Therefore, the publicity of the number of serious patients with corona that appears in the media every day is misleading! “, Writes Matot.
“It makes sense that anyone who is not in a hospital would think that the corona caused a serious illness, but it is not. These are verified corona patients who have been hospitalized for another reason. Unlawful and actual serious illness only creates anxiety and leads to problematic managerial decisions.
“Unfortunately, instead of treating this strain accordingly, suppleness we said, people are forced to be imprisoned in their homes and we are de facto in a kind of closure and the country on the verge of collapse. Say, we went crazy? And for what? It reminds me that a few weeks ago a few drops fell here Carmel) and we were all waiting for the flood.Now, it’s really just a matter of branding.
“And most importantly, the madness of the loners should be re-evaluated. Certainly for the asymptomatic. Certainly for the children who owe a routine life – we rob them of childhood, development, learning, and give them fears, mental disorders and regression. Please save our future generation but also save the parents Hundreds of thousands of isolates on what? A huge population walks around asymptomatically with Omicron and we do not even know. Many are infected and unaware of it. Let go and just do one thing – put on masks, Matta concluded.
Following Prof. Matot’s post, the Ministry of Health published a response this evening: “While the health system is making a tremendous effort to maintain public health and save lives, vociferous factors are emerging, including doctors, who are producing irresponsible discourse aimed at eroding public trust.
“Even in the fight against the omicron strain, the Ministry of Health practices professionalism and discretion in order to maintain public health, along with maintaining the economy, education, culture and as much as possible a routine of life alongside the corona.
“Prof. Matot’s proposal not to verify a large proportion of those infected and thus allow for a faster and more widespread spread of the disease is not acceptable to the Ministry of Health.
“Unfortunately, Prof. Matot’s conduct, and the language in which she chose to express her criticism, raise concerns that the lust for publicity sometimes outweighs responsibility.
“In addition, it should be noted that the use of the official page of a government hospital in favor of expressing a personal position – is illegal and prohibited.
“The people of the health system in Israel work tirelessly in the face of the wave of serious illness, with discretion and responsibility, in an effort to maintain public health and economic activity. Those who do not want to help – will not interfere.”
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