Omicron variant, Capua: “More mutations will arrive, it is not said to be the worst”

The Omicron variant of the covid? “I have said many times that this virus will not go away, I have repeated it, even with great frustration and regret, but it is. There is nothing surprising in what is happening, it has happened with other pandemics and other diseases infectious. I do not understand the surprise. We know that the more the virus circulates in unvaccinated populations, the more variants are possible. We know that in Africa the vaccination coverage rate is very low, that some variants will give us a hard time, that the latter may not necessarily be among them. Before frightening people and raising the alarm that I perceive, we need to analyze Omicron and make many assessments. Europeans must realize that the only tool we have is the vaccine “. Virologist Ilaria Capua, head of the One Health Center at the University of Florida, says this in an interview with the press. On the precautions to be taken, he warns: “Anxiety and fear are useless, the only things we need are what we know. Respect safety distances, avoid crowded places without protection, especially if you are not vaccinated, do not keep everyone close, and raise the vaccination wall as much as possible, which is the most appropriate tool to manage the moment we are living “.