Analyst Smatana’s harsh words about the third wave: There is no escape from the delta variant, get vaccinated! – Topky.sk

According to Smatan, Bulgaria has become a popular destination for those who deny vaccination this summer, and it is a taboo topic for them. However, they did not travel here for holidays, on the contrary, they used Bulgaria as arguments for their claims that vaccination did not work.

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„Kparadise has often been used as an example that vaccination is more or less unnecessary. We have repeatedly read that: while countries where mass vaccinations are experiencing big waves, Bulgaria, the least vaccinated country in the EU, had only a fraction of cases and virtually no deaths. They did all this during the tourist season and with minimal measures, “ Smatana warned. As he added, if we look at the situation in the country at the moment, it can be seen that a delta variant is going through a strong wave. Although it has half the number of cases per million population, as in the UK, it still accounts for 5 times more deaths than in the UK.

People, get vaccinated!

“Many factors need to be included in the differences between countries and waves. Overflow from previous waves, system capacity, measures in force, Delta specifics and one more key factor. While in Britain vaccination coverage in both doses reached 63.4%, in Bulgaria only 17.3%. That is why they are tightening measures in Bulgaria from today and there is more and more talk about a hard lockdown. ” Smatana pointed out that Bulgaria is another example that the delta variant cannot be escaped, but only well protected. And it doesn’t matter if it is a sunny and warm holiday destination or, on the contrary, the Nordic countries. And if it reaches the required mass and there is a sharp increase in the number of cases.

“How many of the cases end up in the hospital or die can affect each of us. Vaccination significantly reduces the risk of seriousness, hospitalization and death. Don’t underestimate the situation, ” he asked people, admitting that, according to recent studies, those who overcame the coronavirus seem to have the best immunity, while also having sufficient immunity to fight the delta variant.

However, it is a question of many variables whether a person ends up in hospital while fighting a delta, or does not even notice that he has been attacked by a delta. He pointed out that according to the latest study from the Lancet, it is clear that the chance of hospitalization in the delta is 2.26 times higher than in the Alpha variant. “So if you know people who have overcome it only “with temperature” and you think it will be your case, think that Delta is a much more aggressive and insidious mutation and you risk it completely unnecessarily., ” concluded.