The event, broadcast on the Facebook page of the University of Bucharest on Friday, November 12, 2021, starting at 1:30 P.M.
Friday, November 12, 2021, starting at 1:30 p.m., specialists from the University of Bucharest, together with doctor Valeriu Gheorghiță, coordinator of the National Anti-COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign, answered the questions of those interested, regarding the COVID pandemic -19 and associated phenomena, the vaccination process against COVID-19, as well as the measures we must take to be safe, in an event broadcast live on the Facebook page of the University of Bucharest.
The dialogue was attended by prof. Petronela Ancuța, PhD, specialist in immunology, teaching staff at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Bucharest and at the University of Montréal, prof. Carmen Chifiriuc, PhD, specialist in microbiology and immunology, teaching staff at the Faculty of Biology and vice-rector for Research of the University of Bucharest, and prof. Marian-Gabriel Hâncean, PhD, sociologist specialized in the study and statistical modeling of social networks, teaching staff at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance of the University of Bucharest. Last but not least, during the dialogue, prof. Veronica Lazăr, PhD, specialist in microbiology, immunology and virology, teaching staff at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Bucharest, as well as prof. Cosima Rughiniș, PhD, teaching staff at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance of the University of Bucharest and specialist in the social construction of knowledge, especially that concerning the body and immunity, took the floor.
The event was opened by the sociologist Marian Preda, teaching staff at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work and rector of the University of Bucharest, who addressed, from a sociological perspective, a topic of high interest, namely the vaccination campaign against COVID-19.The dialogue also benefited from the participation of the coordinator of the National Anti-COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Romania, Valeriu Gheorghiță, primary military infectious disease doctor and teaching staff at the “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest. He provided the public with information on the vaccination campaign in Romania.
The event was moderated by Mirabela Amarandei, communication specialist and spokesperson of the University of Bucharest.
Taking as a starting point the questions sent by the interested persons, both to the email address vaccinare.anticovid@unibuc.ro, and in the comments section of the photos from the album Informed and vaccinated @UB on the Facebook page of the University or in the event created on Facebook, the dialogue proposed the following topics for discussion to the public:
- The role of science and medicine in the fight for life;
- What are they, how did they evolve and what do they contain? Presentation of the latest scientific news;
- The differences between the flu vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccine;
- How SARS-CoV2 infection is transmitted through chains of human contacts;
- The role of non-pharmaceutical interventions in managing the pandemic context;
- Vaccination as a process. Why is it important to vaccinate and how can we acquire collective immunity?;
- How do we proceed after acquiring collective immunity? Do we still respect the health protection measures?
The University of Bucharest reiterated its commitment to the decisions taken at the institutional level, aimed at ensuring access to education, training and research for all its students in a fair way, and at the same time protecting their safety and health, as well as professors and administrative staff.
In order to increase the chances of resuming teaching activities in physical format, but also to contribute to the return to a normal situation in all spheres of personal and professional life, the University of Bucharest recommends to the whole society, but especially to its academic community – students, teaching staff, researchers and administrative staff – to vaccinate, as far as their health allows, thus minimizing the risks of illness and transmission of the virus.
