Children should be vaccinated en masse in order to remain open education with peace of mind. That is what virologist Ab Osterhaus said this morning in Sven on 1. Primary and secondary schools can open again from Monday, with which the outgoing cabinet is taking a risk, departing corona minister De Jonge also acknowledged. Osterhaus: “I don’t understand why we don’t vaccinate all children, just like in the US. Children are pricked against everything, but not against covid.”
Now that schools are reopening, it is very important to keep a finger on the pulse, according to the virologist, because the risk of the Omikron variant has still not been fully mapped out. “The variant is probably less sickening and circulates faster, and hospital admissions in countries like Denmark and England are not yet going up dramatically.” Still, Osterhaus thinks it’s good that the Netherlands has been strict with a tough lockdown compared to other European countries. “It’s a good thing that we were a frontrunner once, also because we were at the bottom of the booster list.”
From next week, former colleague of Osterhaus, Ernst Kuipers, will be in charge of the Ministry of Health. The virologist is very satisfied with this: “He knows what a hospital is, which enables him to make the right decisions as a minister. I think it is courageous that he has taken this step.”
@NPORadio1 Virologist Ab Osterhaus is happy with the new corona minister. Ernst Kuipers knows what a hospital is. I didn’t always agree with him, but he has grown up in the system’. #WNL pic.twitter.com/9EndCPqlvP
— Sven on 1 (@Sven_on_1) January 4, 2022
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