Epidemiologist: Even If You Have Been Vaccinated, Still Use A Mask

Pandu explained that the pattern of mobility of Indonesians was high since before Ramadan. He saw the possible euphoria of some people who got vaccinated but ignored health protocols. In fact, he said, several cities had not performed well in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It has been proven that the New Year’s Christmas holidays have an extraordinary movement of new cases (COVID-19), especially in Java-Bali. Especially after the long holiday there will be a surge in cases,” he said.

The problem is, Pandu continued, that only homecoming is prohibited, while tourism spots are opened, thereby increasing the risk of transmission.

“This pandemic is real. However, what happened was vaccination was not carried out for pandemic control but for economic recovery. The policy makers even calculated the allocation of vaccines to achieve herd immunity which was impossible to achieve. How can you reach 85 percent of herd immunity? Indonesia does not have a vaccine factory, its territory. It is also wide. So only 40 percent of controlling this pandemic is a problem. So that vaccines are not the only way. Wear a mask, “he concluded.

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