Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
A declaration entitled the Great Barrington advises the government not to limit the activities of young and healthy people during a pandemic Covid-19 in order to form herd immunity.
Epidemiologist & Pandemic expert from Australia’s Griffith University, Dicky Budiman expressed his disagreement with this declaration. Dicky stated that this declaration was a primitive pattern because it sacrificed many young people so that others could survive.
For Dicky, young people are sacrificed in order to form a herd immunity.
“Strongly disagree. I see it as a primitive pattern that was carried out in ancient times when some people sacrificed others as a sacrifice in order to survive,” said Dicky when contacted. CNNIndonesia.com, Thursday (8/10).
The declaration, made by scientists from Oxford, Stanford and Harvard, suggests that the government allows these low-risk people to contract Covid-19 to establish herd immunity.
Dicky stated that the argument for the declaration was very dangerous without an effective and safe vaccine. In addition, Dicky also explained that not everyone infected with Covid-19 automatically has immunity.
“Recent research in the Lancet journal has proven that the herd immunity strategy will not work without vaccines. It should also be noted that not all people infected with Covid-19 automatically have immunity,” said Dicky.
Dicky said the arguments in the declaration were inhuman. In addition, Dicky also touched on the long-term impact of Covid-19 on humans.
Currently Covid-19 is a new disease that is still being researched. Dicky explained that research has revealed some of the long-term effects of Covid-19 on human health.
“It is known that it clearly shows harm to the lungs and heart. This means that even if you are young, your health quality will decline in the future,” said Dicky.
Life-saving strategies
Dicky has mentioned that this strategy is very dangerous in the absence of a vaccine. This strategy for establishing herd immunity is fatal because it has a requirement of 60 to 70 percent of the total population in a region or country.
When that percentage is reached, then a new country can be said to have herd immunity. Dicky explained that from at least 60 percent of people infected, there will be five percent who need ICU care.
“This means that if we talk about 60 percent of the 200 million in Indonesia, it’s 120 million. Of the 120 million, five percent of them are 6 million who will need an ICU. There’s no way our hospital can accommodate it,” said Dicky.
Dicky said that in the end this strategy could increase the number of deaths currently available. Because critical patients who need ICU care cannot be accommodated by health facilities.
“One million ICU does not exist. This makes no sense, the death will be many times over,” said Dicky.
(jnp / DAL)
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