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Poland again - is not testing

MedExpress Team

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Published July 11, 2022 12:29

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The no-testing pandemic strategy led to a massive wave of infections - and deaths - in fall 2020. Are we in danger of a repeat? Probably not, but yes - again, the number of deaths will probably increase.

Almost from the beginning of his term in office, many experts accused the minister of health of not managing the pandemic, but describing it. It describes, moreover, the consequences of its own bad, missed or good, but late decisions. This was the case in September and October 2020, when the minister insisted on limiting testing for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 only in symptomatic patients, additionally stating that these symptoms will have to be confirmed by a primary care physician in a personal examination. This reduction in testing, probably dictated by a desire to save money, fueled the dynamics of the wave that swept through Polish healthcare with devastating force, claiming tens of thousands of deaths - the vast majority of seniors.

Will we have a similar scenario in the summer of 2022? Poland again - is not testing. We perform 0.09 tes...

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