The growth of infections does not raise alarm. "We have to be confident, the data we collect every day indicates that the Omicron variant, although highly transmissible, is aggressive and very rarely has serious consequences for vaccinated people."
This is what Guido Silvestri, who directs the immunology laboratories and the pathology department of the school of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, says.
"We have the counter-proof from hospitals that are not under pressure even in London with a million infected", he adds, hoping that the virus is "cooling down".
"We are and, I believe, we will stay away from the emergencies of the first waves", Silvestri is convinced.
But "pressure must be put on the unvaccinated," he argues. “Whoever does not get vaccinated makes others pay a high price and risks a lot himself. Right to extend the Green pass, but I would be more cautious about lockdowns ".
According to Silvestri, Italy must emerge from an emergency logic that is "too rigid that paralyzes, exasperates and can lead to counterproductive reactions of impatience".
As? “I would reduce the testing obligations for the immunized, they risk being a disincentive to vaccination. We must also be more flexible with quarantines, otherwise I would call to block everything ".
But we must continue to be careful and not let our guard down: "The infections will rise again, perhaps up to 120 thousand a day, but in a month or so we should be in a better situation".
(Unioneonline / L)
