Overcrowded terraces in Hungary – Was the reopening rushed?

It was also highlighted that while the pressure on health care has indeed decreased significantly now, this more favorable condition is fragile and, as it was in the autumn wave, the pandemic could intensify again at any time.

Adjusting the reopening to the number of vaccinations is not the norm in international pandemic management; it should be adjusted to other data, such as the number of new infections and deaths

– suggested one Covid doctor to 24.hu who emphasised:

the Hungarian pandemic situation, despite the reopening, is difficult, remains the most severe in Europe, and there is no significant reduction in the number of deaths either.

Several doctors also pointed out that the 20-40 age group with the lowest vaccination rate was the one being careless over the weekend. Even if young people have a relatively lower risk of severe consequences, the possible complications still can not be ignored.

While the operative unit’s morning briefings instruct us to keep our distance, wear a mask, wash our hands, and take care of each other, the non-verbal messages suggest that everything is fine and our old lives are back.

Two of the doctors interviewed by 24.hu brought up the data on hospital admissions and deaths published by the government on Sunday, which were explained on the government’s information website as follows:

“After getting vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, more people became ill. and twice as many died as after the Sinopharm vaccine. ”

This, according to the doctors asked, is unscientific, an empty data, and does not cover reality. One of them added that in the hospital where they work, they experience the exact opposite:

One said the vast majority of vaccinated patients were vaccinated with Sinopharm, there were 1-2 Sputnik vaccines, and in the four months they worked there, the doctor met only one patient vaccinated with Pfizer.

24.hu also interviewed some of the people enjoying themselves carelessly:

Source: 24.hu