Fernando Simón dejected by the holidays after the end of the state of alarm: "I have not known how to communicate the dangers" | Coronavirus

The director of the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health, Fernando Simón, has been saddened and saddened by the images that have been produced in most Spanish cities after the end of the state of alarm. “I am not angry, I am disappointed, a lot, probably even with me because I have not been able to transmit the message to the population, neither to the media nor to politicians,” he said at a press conference this Monday. Simon has warned that mass departures without respecting the anti-Covi measures this weekend may cause a “specific peak” of coronavirus infections, although he does not rule out that a “fourth wave” may occur as a result of these celebrations without masks and without distance. ” Until two days ago I would have said that we could expect the downward trend of the last 10-12 days to continue, that we had the important opportunity of not having a fourth wave, but right now I do not know, neither I nor anyone in Spain can know how many people are going to re-enter the ICU ”, Fernando Simón warned this Monday at a press conference. In this sense, Simón has been“ not angry but disappointed ”when seeing the images of this weekend na, of hundreds of young people celebrating the end of the State of Alarm in the street without complying with the sanitary recommendations. «As a country we are going to do better but it does not mean that everyone, there are always people who do not belong to the group of the sensible ones. I am not angry, I am disappointed, a lot, probably even with me because I have not been able to transmit the message to the population, neither to the media nor to the politicians, ”he said.Although those over 70 and 80 years of age are quite immunized with vaccination (97% of those over 80 and 44% of those over 70 to 79 have the full schedule), Simón has warned that these celebrations can have a greater impact on the “unvaccinated” groups. “I am hopeful that the impact is not very great at a general level but it may have on the unvaccinated,” he said. In addition, although the oldest are vaccinated, he recalled that vaccines are not 100% effective and there is about 10% of the vaccinated population that can continue to get sick from Covid. Simon has said that he can “understand” that “some they had that desire “for” a moment of relaxation, to do whatever they wanted, “but he asks them to, at least, now be” very prudent “and control a lot with whom and how they meet in the next few days.” I can understand that some groups will need that night but now that they have the courage and responsibility to control what they are going to do in the next few days, “he claimed. As he recalled, the end of the State of Alarm” was not the end of the Covid, of the risks nor of the preventive measures ». Currently, Spain continues with incidences of almost 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and there are autonomous communities with more than 300. As for deaths, he said that they continued to decline (between 40 and 50 cases approximately per day), but now he does not know what will happen. He has also denounced the use of all the information related to the State of Alarm and what happened on the night from Saturday to Sunday “for purposes that had nothing to do with the control of the coronavirus.”Very hard for the toilets When asked about the reaction of the toilets to Saturday’s celebrations, Fernando Simón lamented that “it had to be very hard” for some people who “have given up their lives, their health” see these images from the ICU window. “” I’m not happy at all today, I think it shows. I cannot imagine how the professionals who are in a saturated ICU can be, seeing people die every day in their hands, “he added. At this point, the expert has sent all his encouragement and support to health professionals and has He hoped that what has been seen these days “is not going to translate into a very high increase in transmission and that the impact of whatever comes is not excessive.”