The Spanish Society of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine (SERMEF) has called for "caution" when withdrawing the compulsory use of masks indoors, as after Easter "there may be an increase in cases due to the high level of social interaction that is expected to occur during these dates".
In a statement, the rehabilitation doctors point out that "after more than two years of the pandemic, the after-effects of persistent COVID-19 have further burdened the already overburdened Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation services".
"These patients with persistent COVID-19 have already been added to the care provided by rehabilitation doctors for the sequelae of severe cases of COVID-19 after hospital discharge and also for all other rehabilitation processes," they insist.
Before the pandemic, the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation services "were already very stressed with long waiting lists due to the constant increase in the ageing population, which leads to a higher prevalence of chronic diseases associated with disability that require Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation".
"All this is causing a constant increase in waiting lists for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services due to the increase in the survival of people with sequelae of serious illnesses; and of patients who have undergone surgical techniques and require subsequent rehabilitation," they emphasise.
Dr. Carolina De Miguel Benadiba, emphasised that "patients need continuity in their rehabilitation to deal with the after-effects of their disability", and denounced that "this saturation of the system does not guarantee rehabilitation care for these patients and the consequences on their state of health will be irreversible".
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Definition: Expert - A hasbeen, and a drip of water under pressure.
Yeah we've had enough of the experts ie people who know what they're talking about, and we should let people on the MDB comments section make all the life and death decisions as they are obviously much more knowledgeable.
So, "they've" made it all up? You know, "them'. Millions of conspirators sworn to secrecy? How plausible do you really think that is?
Let's just stop the discussion and keep the mask mandates in place indefinitely. Let our children's children's children wear masks forever because in the year 2100 it will still be "too early" and it will still be better "to be cautious" and to "not drop the guard". Yep, that's the way forward.
What are we classing as an expert? The people who dare not question the narrative for fear of being cancelled. The world has gone nuts the last 2 years and it's getting worse. Because nobody can question anything and it you do your labelled some right winger or a conspiracy theorist. People are being brainwashed.
Meanwhile, the number of cases and hospitalisations grows... again. Luckily, many have been vaccinated, so symptoms are mild. For many. No all. I suppose those who get it now should be considered to be unimportant. Personally, I'm ok with a mask for now. It could be a hell of a lot worse.
We can listen to the experts or to the idiots. I'll stick with the experts.
Come on ! nobody cares about covid anymore, stop this nonsens, stop using people as hostage for your stupid politics . We listnened to you and took 1.2.3.4 vaccins and still we need to wear masks. Let the People to decide if they want to wear the masks or not,
It's there job to be over cautious. If it was upto experts we would all still be locked up. Im still waiting to see some real scientific evidence that they achieve anything. In America they have pretty agreed and data has stated that unless everybody was is wearing PPF mask correctly. Then it's pointless. The cloth and Chinese cheap surgical masks are useless. It's all just political theatre now. Once again Spain is stuck 20 years behind the rest of the world.