“I trust not to stop using masks”: the warning from health professionals in the Canary Islands | Radio Club Tenerife | Present

Concern about the end of the state of alarm is beginning to spread among some of the most important professionals in the management of the pandemic in the Canary Islands. “I trust that we will not stop using the mask“, said the medical deputy director of the health area of ​​Tenerife, Ana Darias, in the Covid19 Conversations of Today for Today Tenerife. “Right now we do not have any data that makes us think that, Really, there is a decrease in transmission“said Darias.

“We will have to wait a long time for scientific evidence that this is so “, warns Darias, who adds that” with tourism back in summer, we can’t take off the mask; in Chile there has been an increase in cases “despite being one of the countries with the most vaccinated people.” It was a mistake, “the ruling.

This thesis is also joined by the researcher of the Institute of Tropical Diseases from University of La LagunaEnma Carmelo, specialist in the investigation and diagnosis of tropical diseases. In fact, he claims that, for now, “it’s starting to see how, through a study in Israel, people who are fully vaccinated and infected, have a much lower viral load than others “. For Carmelo, these are the first signs”hopefulIn fact, he considers that this phenomenon could explain “the success of countries that have had very strict rules, such as the United Kingdom and its numbers.”

With respect to curfew, Darias and Carmelo agree on one idea: they prefer the outdoors over the meetings at home because “false confidence is generated“Security.” If I want to meet with thirty people, it is better to do it outside than at home “, although they recognize the complexity of the decision:”Do we have to be home all night after eleven at night? Well if we are going to have a party, better not be at home; it is a personal matter and we all have to reduce our contacts and be careful indoors, “suggests Enma Carmelo.