Vakhtang Kaloiani: Immunization process is on the verge of failure - universal vaccination is needed to save it
According to Vakhtang Kaloiani, founder of the Association of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, universal immunization of the population is needed to save the coronavirus vaccination process.
As Kaloiani told Palitranews TV, the vaccination process is, in fact, on the verge of failure.
"In my opinion, the vaccination process is now on the verge of failure. We have an NDI study that tells us that 35% of citizens want to be vaccinated. It is our obligation to give this 35% access to the vaccine as soon as possible. Universal vaccination is needed, of course. Firstly, it will not be bad for the epidemiological situation, so to speak, it will help us and secondly, it will help to popularize it", - Kaloiani said.
According to him, the healthcare system made the biggest mistake in mismanaging the vaccination campaign.
"The biggest problem from the healthcare system was the incorrect and unproductive information campaign, including among the colleagues. This is not about agitation, but about informing. We needed a long educational process. Do you know the mechanism of how the vaccine works? This would be very important information for our citizens and it should have been disseminated en masse. We should give the citizens every opportunity to know everything, both positive and negative, to make an informed decision. The Center for Disease Control posted the vaccination mechanism on its Facebook page, and the Ministry of Health posted this information on its website several times. We have not provided any information for this purpose. We talked on TV as far as we could, but the state did not support it", - Kaloiani said.
As for the regulations in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Kaloiani said that the problem is that we either have very strict restrictions or there is deregulation altogether.
"The rate of wearing masks dropped from 70% to 43%. The role of society is great here, but management is also very important. It is no longer controlled at all. As we had in the summer and fall and got the tragedy in November-December, we are doing exactly that now. We were completely locked in, now we opened up and broke everything. We need consistent, light, moderate mobility reduction and organization of mask wearing. This is all that needs to be done and under the right management, it is very easy to do", - Kaloiani said.
