On the value of vaccinationespecially in 3 doses, the professor of infectious disease reported, Sotiris Tsiodrasat the beginning of the work of the 21st Panhellenic Congress of Infections, noting that with vaccines we avoided at least 39,000 deaths.
The professor added that after two years of pandemic and storm of knowledge about Covid-19 infection in the scientific community, in the future it will be easier to control and manage. He stressed that the hybrid immunity that has been achieved in our country and Europe, ie vaccination and natural disease, combined with good weather, will help control and reduce the epidemic after the fall.
«About 80% are infected on the European continentwith the result that hybrid immunity helps us for a better summer“, Stated characteristically Mr. Tsiodras.
However, he did not rule it out new variants of coronavirus in the future with higher transmissibility and greater escape from vaccines.
«The future cannot be predicted. However, it will be judged by the vaccines and the possibility of the virus escaping from them. The distribution of vaccines was not homogeneous, which allows the emergence of new mutations. Obviously, the appearance of new mutations can not be ruled outUnderlined the professor.
In terms in the use of the mask stated that it will be a free and conscious choice ever and that it will be used.
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