With the previous dispersion, we will have increased deaths, intubation and hospitalization in the ICU, for at least 2 more weeks, so we will have a lot of pressure, said to SKAI the professor of Pathology – Infectious Diseases at the University of Patras, Charalambos Gogos, talking about “Christmas with restrictions “.
It is obvious, he noted, the need for vaccinations, especially in those over 60 with great illness and death, the health system is under pressure, but also at younger ages to achieve the immune wall.
“By doing the third dose, we create such an immune wall that can bypass the difficulties of the virus, and bypass not so much the transmission, but the serious disease and its spread,” he explained. Rapid access to the hospital is very critical, Charalambos Gogos underlined, on the occasion of the tragic death of a 14-year-old girl in Lamia.
The Omicron strain is a variant of concern, as it has the possibility of greater access to cells, so greater transmissibility and possible immune escape, ie not to recognize antibodies from a previous infection or vaccination, the professor explained.
He clarified, however, that the Beta and Delta strains had similar immune escape characteristics, but there was very good coverage by the vaccines. “We believe the same will happen for Omicron,” he said.
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