“Obviously the worst is ahead of us” clarified to SKAI the professor of Pulmonology and Intensive Care of EKPA, Theodoros Vasilakopoulos. He stressed that the obligation to vaccinate in the restaurant should be extended, as requested by local businessmen.
As he suggested, the vaccinated should change the way and the time with which the 3rd dose is given, ie to be done at least in 4 months from the second. “It should come sooner. “Science is the process of searching for the truth through experimentation and study. As new data emerges, we revise or slightly modify what we knew,” the professor said.
At first, he explained, when the vaccines came out they had tremendous effectiveness that lasted we thought for quite some time. I also said that we will be covered for at least 6 months. Recent studies show that after 4 months we start to have a decrease in effectiveness mainly for mild infections, which do not lead to death, but when you have them even with a lower risk of transmission there is still a risk of transmission. “With the vaccine we are seriously protected for the serious disease, but less protected for the mild disease, with the exception of those over 60 who really have an increased risk of disease,” said Mr. Vasilakopoulos. Therefore, he added, the vaccinated should also be protected by giving them the opportunity to make the booster dose faster, at least in 4 months.
“The minister said that there are vaccines available so that all Greeks can take a booster dose but also for those who have not been vaccinated. We will stop seeing 10 to 15% of patients in the units that they are vaccinated “. “It was 10%, it is at 15% “And as time goes on, the risk increases,” he warned. He clarified that already vaccinated people are easier to be vaccinated again and with the 3rd dose this percentage of vaccinated in the units will decrease, while increasing the confidence of the unvaccinated in the vaccine.
“In the nursing homes with the compulsory vaccination the number of vaccinated people has doubled from 45% to 90% and there was only 10% who saw that he was making his revolution that ‘he will not bend’ as a girl said “.
As he noted, “I hear excitement because the vaccinations have increased. With 150,000 vaccinations in a week … At this rate of vaccinations we will have gone at a rate of 55% to 80% by March – if maintained (the rate) “. “With such vaccination rates the people we will mourn by March it will be a few thousand ” warned.
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