Since the beginning of the pandemic, the statements made on this subject have always been different. However, if there is a microbial disease, it does not seem reasonable to make a different assessment about it. Because this difference reduces the precautions that people will take. In a way, people see no harm in acting according to their own approach. When the evaluations made at the beginning of the transformed Omicron state of the virus, that the epidemic has come to an end, that the pandemic will turn into flu with this variant, and that we will get rid of it, ignorance has become widespread throughout the country.
Because, on the one hand, it was stated that Omicron was spreading rapidly, on the other hand, when the statements were added that the effect was not severe and the number of severe patients was not as much as before despite the increasing cases, it seemed as if living with the pandemic started to become a part of our lives. Meanwhile, the fact that the measures in the fight against the pandemic consisted of masks, distance and vaccines also caused the appearance of weakening the struggle.
At first, the precautions to prevent the gathering of the crowds were given importance, but gradually these measures began to be lifted and weakened. Crowded meetings, in which rulers were expelled, became commonplace. In addition, the measures applied in public transport vehicles have gradually disappeared. At the point we arrived, the reduced number of seats became useless. Because the application of taking passengers according to those numbers has been removed. As I have tried to draw attention to several times in this column, when you get on the minibus, the number of passengers exceeds 20 after two or three stops. Therefore, why was the number of seats reduced in minibuses, when the number of seats was full at the beginning of the pandemic, the pandemic was spreading, but is not it now? Or is the pandemic spreading too much among passengers sitting in public transportation vehicles, but it is not the case for those who are standing?
It is possible to multiply the questions. However, I do not intend to confuse you with questions. However, while the differences between the explanations make people hesitant, one cannot help but ask where we are going when we add that the measures for protection are gradually abandoned and the sensitivity that has formed in our people begins to disappear. By the way, the differences in the explanations about the vaccine may also weaken the importance that our people attach to the vaccine. Because in the beginning, it was frequently repeated that two doses of vaccine were sufficient to protect against the pandemic. In the course of time, the importance of applying the third dose of vaccine under the name of reminder dose has begun to be emphasized. Increasingly, instead of talking about the third dose, it is enough to call it a reminder dose. As such, three doses are not enough to protect against the pandemic, but one cannot help but wonder whether the 4-5th doses are needed. In addition, there is uncertainty about the name of the vaccine, which is requested to be shot, especially regarding the reminder dose. Some stakeholders recommend a certain brand. However, at the beginning of the vaccination, neither the reminder dose nor a certain brand was recommended for the first and second doses. Was it because the number of vaccines was limited at that time, a particular brand was not emphasized, or is the brand specifically mentioned because the number of vaccines currently being applied has increased to 3? It is necessary to abandon the explanations that will make people hesitate about what is meant by the reminder dose. Or, if this pandemic continues, will coronavirus vaccines become a thousand parts of our lives, like the vaccines used against epidemics at certain times and ages for many years? That is, will the reminder dose need to be applied at certain intervals? In addition, even the half-year holiday that will start today in schools causes different interpretations in the explanations. On the one hand, those who say that the pandemic will spread to Anatolia during the half-year holiday and that the number of cases will increase as a result, and those who say that the crowds cause the epidemic to spread, have inevitably come across. So, which of these different approaches will the citizens believe and what precautions will they take? However, the holiday of schools should actually have an effect on reducing the spread of the pandemic. What has been said so far suggests this. In short, it is necessary to insist on the implementation of the measures taken without allowing relaxation in the fight against the pandemic.