Mosialos: “Key” vaccination over 50 – Pfizer pill is still late |

The belief that the vast majority of citizens who have not yet been vaccinated are not against the pandemic or the vaccines and therefore need more explanation and information to be convinced, he said. Professor of Health Policy, Elias Mosialos speaking on SKAI TV and the show “Unmatched”.

The professor said he has so far answered thousands of citizens’ questions about the pandemic. He receives more than 500 messages a day and although he cannot answer all of them, he responds to at least 50 to 100 a day.

He said that the outbreak of the pandemic in our country is due to the fact that one in four citizens is unvaccinated and about half a million are citizens over 60, which is of particular concern to experts.

Mr. Mosialos stressed that the effort should focus on vaccinating citizens over 50 and that their number should be reduced by half in order not to confirm the most unfavorable scenarios regarding the course of the pandemic. Another important condition set by the teacher is to proceed with the vaccination with the third dose of the vaccine, again mainly in the same age groups.

Asked about the possibility of a lockdown, he replied that it is better not to discuss the last resort now and to explain to the vaccinated those the benefits of the vaccine in order to be convinced.

He explained that with the mRNA vaccines of the companies Pfizer and Moderna there are no reports of deaths and that one would have become known by the international media and the organized vaccinators would “bombard” morning, noon, night with this news. On the contrary, he added, millions of people are being killed worldwide by the coronavirus.

He spoke in support of the US Alliance, but said that maintaining some independence was not the answer.

We will not have the pill before summer

Regarding the Pfizer pill which seems to reduce the risk of death by 90%, Mr. Mosialos stressed that there is no doubt that it will help a lot, but at this time it is not an answer because it will not be available until the end of the winter season. . In the coming weeks in our country will arrive about 2,000 monoclonal antibodies and a few thousand Merc pills that reduce by 50% the chance of death.

“The Pfizer pill, which will probably come in large quantities after the summer, will help a lot. There is no doubt about that. But let’s look at vaccines for a moment. Vaccines reduce the chance of being in the ICU or getting a serious infection not by 50% like the Merc pill but by 96% – 97%. “And as I told you, no side effects have been reported as originally reported for two other types of vaccines that we do not currently use in our country,” he said.