The professor of Pathology at the University of Patras, Charalambos Gogos, and the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Exadaktilos and compliance with sanitary measures.
“Vaccination is the spearhead to tackle the Omicron mutation. And Delta of course, because Delta is present and is torturing us right now and putting pressure on the health system. But unfortunately our concern is multiplied, because a strain appears that we know is very contagious and we have to prepare very well for its arrival. We are all scared of Omicron and we are discussing it in the Commission, because it is highly contagious and the virus has a small multiplication cycle, that is, it can multiply within 2-3 days. “Therefore, at the moment there is a risk of a large spread of this disease,” said Mr. Gogos.
As he pointed out the situation can be dramatic, as is the case in England and can only be treated if we have a high level of immunity in the population by vaccination with either the first or the third dose in order to avoid hospital admissions.
The professor added that with the third dose the increase in antibodies caused, about 20-25 times more than we had, creates a satisfactory firewall for infection, but very high, over 80% against severe disease, intubation and death. “So at the moment the vaccine is one way and those who have not done it, should do the first and second dose of course because there are about 300,000-400,000 elderly citizens who have not been vaccinated. And of course the third installment for those who have not completed “, he underlined.
For his part, Mr. Exadaktylos stressed that things will be difficult in January with more pressure on hospitals and in this context as a society we must do everything to avoid dispersion.
In fact, to describe the dramatic situation, the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association stated characteristically that “unfortunately for anti-vaccinators we are not allowed to guide them every Sunday morning, as in museums, in intensive care and maybe they understand what the reality is because they live in a parallel universe for 1.5-2 years “and added that apart from the naive, there are also those who make political careers taking advantage of the naive.
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