Prymula criticized a recent statement from the Ministry of Health announcing that he would not follow the verdict of the Supreme Administrative Court. He declared it illegal that the ministry does not recognize as infectious even those people who have demonstrable antibodies in their blood. The ministry wants to continue to recognize only vaccination, testing or half a year after the confirmed illness. The resort argues that the exact protective level of antibodies, which are also declining in the body, is not yet known.
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“It is not a standard procedure,” Prymula commented on the ministry’s opinion. “An expert group should meet and clearly state the way forward. There are different levels for different people, for example a safe level can be 200 units. People with this level will be considered immune and would not need to be vaccinated. The measures of the SAC are aimed at this, “said Prymula.
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Testing for IgG antibodies costs around 500 crowns and is performed by most laboratories; antibodies are recognized as evidence of infectivity, for example, by neighboring Austria. Even people who have had covid asymptomatic and did not know about it can have high levels of antibodies, so they cannot have a certificate of illness.
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“Whoever has undergone covid and has about 200-400 units of antibodies is just as protected as if he had been vaccinated and it is completely useless to vaccinate him. These people must be treated just like the vaccinated. The vaccine should primarily be given to people who have not had covid, “said Beran at Prima, adding that people who have had covid often have more side effects after vaccination.
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The main thing is to vaccinate seniors, says Aries
Aries also spoke out against vaccinating children, the vaccine should be given priority, especially in previously unvaccinated seniors. According to data from the Institute of Health Information and Statistics (IHIS), there are still approximately 600,000 of them.
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“We need to vaccinate several hundred thousand more in the population over the age of sixty, which has contributed to 98 percent of all deaths. I wonder how these people have not been vaccinated yet, “said Beran. “Now we need to do our best to vaccinate almost one hundred percent of seniors. If the disease starts to be very difficult for younger people and children, then I would consider vaccinating them, certainly not now, “said the vaccinologist.
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