The need to speed up the vaccination with the third dose was emphasized by the professor of Pulmonology at the University of Crete, Nikos Tzanakis, who estimates that in this way the daily cases will be reduced by 1,000-2,000.
Speaking to SKAI and the show “Kalimera”, the professor pointed out that in the next period 8,000-9,000 cases will be recorded, however he added that the current wave, although it seems heavy, in terms of mortality is reduced by about 50% compared to the previous one, due to of vaccination.
“Even the few vaccinated who will enter the ICU survive and return to normal, while the unvaccinated play with their lives,” he said.
As Mr. Tzanakis said, in the previous wave, which lasted 121 days, from February 1 to May 31, 2021, the daily average deaths were 52 deaths per day and a total of 6,318. In this wave that started on July 1 and lasts until today, ie 128 days, the average daily death is 26 and the total number of deaths is 3,362. “The difference is in the effect of the vaccine. “We escaped 3,000 deaths between the two waves,” he said.
He added that if 85% -90% of the population had been vaccinated, the daily deaths would have been less than 10, maybe even zero on some days, as is the case in Portugal.
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