Measurements for a safe (second) Christmas

• ROCÍO R. GARCÍA-ABADILLO

  Madrid

• ELSA MARTÍN (GRAPHICS)

  @elsa_millan

Updated on Tuesday, 21December2021-01: 55

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December 21, 2021. 2021 is important because more than one will think that they have woken up in 2020, as if we were living stuck on groundhog day, but no. A year later and when we thought that this Christmas would be different - Pedro Sánchez himself said at the beginning of November: "This Christmas is going to be better" than the past -, we find a sixth wave that has practically become a tsunami and with which

.

With the slow fire of the crowds and bridges, the relaxation of measures due to false security after the high vaccination coverage and wanting to make up for lost time with business dinners and various meetings, a dough has been cooking that has been enough a rise in temperature (omicron) to find a well-swollen souffle. Now, once again, it

(be careful, not to stop what may come in January) and the CCAA give a blind blow with unequal measures that generate more chaos than anything else.

But there is one thing that experts agree on: some measures are still as effective as last year. Others have been updated and some more are effective, as we have had the entire pandemic, but they do not produce great changes to control a pandemic rampant again at this point.

And among the most effective measures, even if it is not what nobody wants to hear, are restrictions. In this case, let's

to strictly family meals, if we want to be able to celebrate it with the family. Do not get together the family of 87 people (grandparents, children, grandchildren, uncles, cousins, the grandfather's cousin and the 'heavy' friend of the family). Try to

and here we will recover the

concept

(and not those of cavas and various champagnes):

. That is, if the 'heavy' friend lives in your house, then it is part of your bubble. Uncles and cousins ​​who do not see each other regularly (for example, if they live in other communities) will have to avoid getting together on these dates (think that this wave will go down again and they will have a better chance, when it is not a risk).

"The fewer contacts between non-cohabitants, the less possibilities of risk in the face of family celebrations", highlights Jonay Ojeda, spokesman for the Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration (Sespas). It is recommended to have the

. In cases where this is not the case, for whatever reasons, it is recommended to restrict contacts as much as possible the days before family meals. Ojeda stresses that vaccination and

are important

because these people, even being vaccinated, if they become infected there is a greater risk of having hospitalization or admission to critical patients ", but he emphasizes that this dose" does not have an immediate effect: if you put it on this week it can have some protective effect on Reyes, but On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve it's going to be complicated. "

In order not to generate family schisms between the issue of vaccines and possible infections, for peace of mind it is advisable to take a test before those meetings with the family, taking into account that if it tests positive "and that positive cannot be confirmed in the health system We will have to isolate ourselves and self-quarantine ourselves without being sure that it is a case, "says Ojeda. If the result is negative, remember that

, but if this is not possible, do not trust: "If you continue to have risky behaviors, we can become infected within 20 minutes of doing that. test, a negative test does not mean that you are not going to catch it right after. "

For Ojeda, saving the differences, the current situation resembles the first months of the pandemic "when one of the main problems we had was underdiagnosis" and that is that many people undergo the antigen test but it does not confirm the result in their center of health (many of them saturated, so sometimes they contact without success and they stop insisting) or they do not notify the case even if they stay at home. "As a measure of self-protection and individual responsibility, the tests are very good, but from the point of view of

" he adds.

Remember: avoid previous contacts, take the test hours before the family reunion (one test for each family event). If it is positive, stay home. If it is negative but you have some symptoms, do not leave the house.

, go to the meeting but do not neglect other precautions. The fundamentals right now, according to Ojeda, are

(antigen tests and the Covid passport can help but are not the fundamental thing right now, indicates the specialist).

It is convenient to have a table as wide as possible to adequately distance the people who dine, if possible separating even more between bubbles (groups of coexistence). Ventilating the room is important, before, during and at the end of dinner. And aside from eating and drinking,

. "It is very easy to remove it, especially in colloquia after dinner." After-hours that do not last for hours, with the mask on well (nothing from under the nose) and

.

And when the evening is over,

.

Of course, the goodbyes (the same as the welcomes, but more dangerous because the liquors will have taken effect)

.

They have already seen it throughout the pandemic, there will be times for kisses and hugs, now it is convenient to protect yourself and others, it is the best way to show that we love ours.

Source:

Sespas (Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration)

Information:

Rocío R. García-Abadillo

Infographic:

Elsa Martín

Art direction:

María González Manteca and Joxetsu Piñeiro

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