Elias Mosialos, professor of Health Policy at LSE, spoke to SKAI and Sia Kosioni about the Omicron variant and vaccines.
According to Pfizer announcements, Omicron seems to be neutralized in three installments. However, these data must be confirmed with clinical data, the professor stressed.
He even said that if the Omicron variant prevails all over the planet we will be able to take a very big breath and maybe get closer to the end of the pandemic.
However, we do not know how the virus will continue to behave. That’s why more data is needed. As he said, it is good to wait still, not to be fully excited until we have the clinical data on the milder disease.
Mr. Mosialos explained that in order to confirm the first signs of Omicron, a larger number of patients from all categories is needed. “But we have good indications. In 10-15 days we will have safe clinical data. “
An analysis of South African sewage has shown that the disease is more extensive than the data show, which means that there may be many more asymptomatic ones. If this is confirmed by further analysis, the information will contribute, he said.
He also pointed out that the virus is unpredictable. “The virus is not compressed, it is transmitted by the asymptomatic, the pre-symptomatic. Half the planet is not vaccinated. We do not know, therefore, what the next move of the virus will be. All we know is that if he is really weaker, we will take a breath. We also know that even this form will probably be caught by vaccines. When the virus is more compressed, in theory, it will decide to weaken, but it can also go in a more serious direction. “Hopefully we will see softer developments.”
Finally, he said that it is very important to expand vaccinations. He also expects no changes to Moderna’s vaccine compared to Pfizer in terms of treating the virus and mutations.
“The combination of vaccines works extremely protectively,” he said.
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