A series of measures may be needed, stressed to SKAI the professor of Microbiology of Public Health at the University of West Attica and member of the committee of infectious diseases Alkiviadis Vatopoulos when asked about the possibility of a new lockdown, which is ruled out by the prime minister.
“Where we are going depends on our behavior … It may take a number of measures in general. It depends on how things go. If the coronavirus continues to be uncontrollable, more stringent measures will logically be taken. “Everyone should be aware of the situation and protect themselves,” he said.
As he noted, “I did not expect to have such an exponential increase, the death toll is still higher than in Western Europe. We have fewer deaths than last year, nevertheless it is a large number, and the exhausted NSS is being pressured “.
“Now we all need to mobilize to realize that we have a disease from which we have not gotten rid of, and to mobilize in every direction to convince the unvaccinated to be vaccinated, although it takes 1.5 months for this to work, and to observe individual protection measures. ». He clarified that MPs and politicians from all parties must come out to convince the citizens and the trade unionists the workers, while the church has already started to come out.
“We have a large number of cases, we can not compare it with last year because we have many more tests, and the vulnerable are about half of the population, vaccinated patients, etc.,” he said.
The virus, explained Mr. Vatopoulos, is extremely successful epidemiologically, because it causes a big problem in a small percentage of people, so it spreads easily and creates the impression that it is a simple flu, it is insidious, whenever people do not take it very seriously. It is not a simple flu. It’s a simple flu in so many people it needs to be easily transmitted and create this false image and insidiously kill people.
As Mr. Vatopoulos pointed out, the epidemic is located mainly at school ages, where we have proportionally more cases. “Now if the school is to blame and we have an in-school diaspora … The older ones need to be vaccinated,” he pointed out.
Patient testimony: “I wish I could go back in time…”
Thanasis Drougas, 39, described to SKAI his adventure with the coronavirus, which led him to the intensive care unit and finally changed his mind about the vaccine.
“I wish I could go back in time because I would do the vaccine, that’s why I am here to shout it, to say it so that no one can be found in my place. “When you were in the hospital bed with oxygen Ή I was ready for the ICU for intubation every day the doctors had me today tomorrow (admission to the ICU) I had permanent oxygen support, and constant fear that I would not return to everyday life to see my family” Mr. Drougas.
“I was not negative, I thought I would catch the coronavirus, he finally caught me. I thought I would not get sick or get it like a flu. “I want to say to the deniers that the vaccine does not kill, it saves lives,” he stressed.
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