Galli: “Vaccine is a barrier but Delta variant can jump with the pole”

“The Delta variant is also capable of pole vaulting and infecting even some vaccinated people.” Professor Massimo Galli, head of infectious diseases in the Sacco di Milano, in L’aria che tira – Estate thus expresses himself on the risks associated with the Delta variant. “It has a circulation capacity higher than that of the English variant, vaccination has brought results and we have a certain barrier: however this variant is also capable of making the pole vault and going to infect people already vaccinated even if in very mild way. We are in a position to identify the outbreaks and limit the phenomenon “, he says. “In order to prevail over the previous variants, variants with a better diffusion capacity are needed. A variant, in order to be successful, must spread better than the others. It is the goal that the virus is trying to reach, regardless of being less harmful or less lethal. The virus does not need to keep us, alas, and this is the thing that worries us “, explains Galli. From June 28, the obligation to always use the mask outdoors disappears. “The mask is a tool, turning it into a gag makes no sense. It is a matter of common sense that has become a political issue. There is someone who obviously does not give up the possibility of scrapping a few votes and some more benevolence. mask do we say goodbye or is it goodbye? “I think we will have a better autumn, the vaccination barrier is important. The mask proved incredibly effective, we totally skipped an entire flu season for holy virgin martyr mask. I think it will hardly come out of the custom “, says Galli. Do you want to reopen the discos? I thought about it for a long time, I tried to digest what I would hardly have digested in other situations. Do you want to reopen them? give a message opposite to ‘free all’ “.