Covid Italia, Vaia: “Omicron after third dose possible shield from other variants”

“The Omicron variant could also protect us from other variants that could develop.” This was underlined by the director of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Spallanzani (inmi) in Rome, Francesco Vaia, explaining that “from the first results that we are seeing from a study by Spallanzani, where we put under observation those infected by Omicron who had the third dose to check immunity, having had Omicron after the third dose would seem to be very protective of someone for example infected with Alpha and Delta “. However, “the update of the vaccine towards new variants, today Omicron, is the goal”, said a guest of the Roman high school Mamiani for a debate with the journalist Corrado Formigli and the students. Streaming meeting because the Roman high school has classes in Dad from today. According to Vaia “today we need a total simplification of the measures. Enough with the ‘tampon factory’, if I am at home positive and asymptomatic after 5 days I can go out without having a tampon. Today the outdoor mask makes no sense, common sense is also needed in this case if there are situations of gathering it must be kept, otherwise no “.” Whoever said that February would be a disaster because of the open schools caused damage , it was not like that “, he specified referring to some catastrophic experts on post January. For school, Vaia then reiterated,” thinking about constantly changing the air by opening the windows seems absurd to me “, how to keep” always the mask to students in the classroom. In a modern country, greater commitment is needed. We have verified that mechanical ventilation in the classroom is three times more effective than the Ffp2 mask, I have long ago requested an intervention from the Government and I continue to do so: a Marshall plan is needed for schools to make them safe with ventilation systems “. he then asked the young people to “continue living this emergency – which in many ways weighed much more on young people – as an opportunity. We are at the tail of the pandemic and children should not be afraid of the things that happen, there is always the possibility of overcoming the problems. Covid has unveiled some incapacities of the system but, as we have seen in the past few days, it is also necessary to build a better ruling class and if I were young I would have this as a goal “.