Prof. Masad Barhoum, director of the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, spoke tonight (Wednesday) with Anat Davidov on “Where’s the Money” on 103FM, and warned of the morbidity of coronary heart disease in the Arab sector: “The British variant takes over Arab villages, where “Very low, relative to the general population. At the age of 16-39, there is a very low percentage of vaccinated, only 25 percent of them have been vaccinated so far.”
“I’m almost desperate, you ask people in the Arab sector, even those who are not on the fringes but those who are at the center of the country’s work, scientists, gardeners, gardeners, teachers, you do not understand why they are not going to get vaccinated. There is no answer. Did his thing in the beginning, people are afraid they will get chips in their blood. More than 200 million people already after Pfizer’s vaccination worldwide, and there are still some who talk about a chip that the US or Pfizer wants to get in to follow us. This is really ridiculous, this is a discouraging thing. “If the whole country is not vaccinated, of those who are authorized to be vaccinated, we will not get out of it at all,” Prof. Barhum continued.
“Mayors in the Arab sector set an example in the beginning, everyone was vaccinated under the spotlight, and recommended everyone to come and get vaccinated, including imams, priests and Druze community leaders, all mobilized to persuade the communities to get vaccinated. Poor, “he added.
He added and warned of the future to come: “We are facing the payment voucher for Purim celebrations. It is on the way, unfortunately for the rabbi, so there will be an increase among the Jewish sector as well, unfortunately. The fourth closure is beyond the door.”
Prof. Barhum also updated on the situation in the corona department of the Galilee Medical Center: “I am happy to announce that there is a noticeable decrease in the number of critically ill patients. Almost all patients who come to us are unvaccinated, there are about 3-4 people who arrived a few days after the first vaccination. “But most of those who also come from adults are not vaccinated. The morbidity among children is not that high. 75 percent of the patients are over the age of 50. In the past, there was a much higher percentage of patients over the age of 50.”
Finally, Prof. Barhoum referred to the announcement by Professor Zeev Rothstein, CEO of Hadassah, that from Sunday, doctors and medical staff who have not been vaccinated will be banned from working with patients: “This is Professor Rothstein’s special way of expressing the need to prevent the plague within the hospital, and I Really appreciate it. At our medical center, in the Galilee, we were at the bottom of the list of vaccinated, and I assume that next week our data will already be about 89% vaccinated among medical staff. I’m glad I live in a democracy, I do not want to force anyone to get vaccinated. “