Covid, Remuzzi: “We will have to take precautions for at least a couple of years”

” I expected “that the coronavirus” would become progressively less aggressive ” because ” this is the natural evolution of all viruses that tend to become less lethal within a few years ” but that the Omicron variant ” was like this capable of spreading so rapidly, which is not necessarily such a bad thing, I absolutely did not expect it ”. This was stated by Giuseppe Remuzzi, director of the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research, speaking at ‘half an hour more’ on Rai Tre. ” If we want to talk about times, we must bear in mind that we will still have to take precautions for at least a couple of years ”, says Remuzzi. ” There are many factors that can tip the scales on the side of those who say we are careful but we do not put excessive measures, or on the side of those who say it will be a catastrophe and we will have to have rigid measures for a long time to come, ” he observes. ” This depends on many factors, basically both of them are right ”. For Remuzzi, moreover, ” the emphasis that has been put for the previous variants (a omicron ed) on surfaces, such as cleaning tables, is probably wrong because the virus lives in cells, so if we have a droplet that comes from the mouth, it lies on the glass, we drink from the same glass in a short time, it is clear that it is still possible to get sick. But if it remains on the surface for a while it dries up and dies. ” “The virus does not live outside the cells ” so ” we must pay close attention to individual protection measures, to grandparents kissing children, but the surfaces do not have this problem ”, concludes Remuzzi.