Virologists Marc Van Ranst and Steven Van Gucht react disappointed to the decisions of the Consultation Committee. “If you want to take measures, you have to take them now. Otherwise it will be too late. ”
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“These measures are insufficient. If you want to take measures, you have to take them now. If you don’t, you have to hope. This is the strategy of hope and after that only the emergency brake remains, ”said Van Ranst VTM News. “One is maneuvering into a position that after this one can only pull the emergency brake. An emergency brake is very simple, but you don’t want to pull the emergency brake, do you? Because we did not do badly, albeit on a dangerously high plateau, but we do not want to lose what we have achieved ”, said a clearly disappointed Van Ranst.
“Politicians fear that the population does not want tougher measures. I understand that everyone is tired of this, but what the population especially wants is that the situation is resolved as quickly as possible and then half measures do not necessarily work best. ”
Virologist Steven Van Gucht told VRT News that these are “measures before Easter, but the infections are now taking place”. “We would rather see that slowed down.”
Van Gucht reiterated that the experts had cited a number of elements from plan B, such as suspending extracurricular activities to protect the schools and classes. After all, these activities create large networks between different classes and schools.
“We see a peak in infections in the ages of 10 to 12 years, which is also where most of the hobbies are,” says Van Gucht. “I think it is no coincidence that we are now seeing a sharp peak there.”
Teleworking
After the Consultation Committee, the importance of teleworking was again emphasized. “We count on the sense of responsibility of employers and employees,” said Van Gucht. “You will never solve that with checks alone.”
According to Van Gucht, the “biggest bottleneck” in the vaccination process is the supply of the vaccines. “We can only use the vaccines that the producers provide us,” he said. He is hopeful for the second quarter. “There should be a major acceleration in April.”
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