Covid Italia, Vaia: “New Omicron variant punctures vaccines”

The new Omicron variant of covid, more contagious, “is as if it were a new virus and bugs vaccines that are not up to date”. Spallanzani general manager Francesco Vaia said this in an interview to Corriere della Sera. “The daily bulletin no longer makes much sense, with a positivity rate that marks 13% one day and 28 the next – underlines the expert – It only contributes to creating a climate of alarm stress against the Covid adversary and if united the fear of war and the fear of rising inflation only weakens the immune system “. And the reasons for the increase in cases “are not simplistically attributable to either the rock star’s concert at the Circus Maximus or the football match at the Olimpico, to which people are entitled. Whoever talks about the new lockdown is wrong, the country must move forward. And never go back “. According to the director of Spallanzani, the new leap in infections is in fact due “to the greater contagiousness of the new Omicron variant which is as if it were a new virus and which punctures vaccines that are not updated. The fact remains that it is a fundamental tool to protect against severe forms of the disease “. Do not panic anyway, explains Vaia: “At Spallanzani we no longer see interstitial pneumonia just as we no longer see young people in the ward”. The hospitalized are “over 70 with comorbidities. Many of whom would not even need to stay in hospital.” of the Italian system: first of all, mechanical ventilation in all places of sociality, starting from schools and public transport. I cannot expect to see children in the classroom wearing jackets for another year because the windows must remain open. a good mechanical ventilation system is three times more effective than the mask, which was also a fundamental tool in the pandemic “. The director of Spallanzani then says he agrees with the councilor of the Lazio region D’Amato, in favor of a lowering of the age threshold to undergo the fourth dose of the vaccine: “we must anticipate the virus and not chase it. The frail and the elderly must be made safe as soon as possible with the fourth dose “.