“We stayed at home during the holidays, but not our own”: an expert

The health ministry said on Wednesday that 14,151 new cases of coronavirus infection had been detected. 553 people died, including 409 patients due to the coexistence of Covid-19 with other diseases. Commenting on these data, the president of Warsaw Family Physicians, Dr. Michał Sutkowski, said that it was the effect of the holidays and the pre-Christmas period.

"In statistics, we have holidays and the pre-holiday period. We sat at homes, but not our own, and we met our family, but a distant one. We are world champions in deceiving ourselves," Sutkowski concluded.

He complained that Poles had learned to bypass the regulations and avoid penalties for not following the restrictions. "A mastery in fake and camouflage," he said. He also suggested that as long as we don't take restrictions and vaccinations seriously, we shouldn't count on a return to normal.

"How many people are going to die to impress some?" he asked the question.

Referring to the information regarding the approval of the second Covid-19 vaccine from Moderna by the European Medicines Agency, he admitted that it could be a "light in the tunnel", but only for those who want to get vaccinated.

"So what if there will be two, three, or even fifteen of these vaccines in a moment if we do not use them. For many, it does not matter, which is a pity, because it is a vaccine of hope and chance. Some people don't see it," he said. 

(PAP)