According to Fabrizio Pregliascoin autumn some restrictions could come back. On the radio program “A sheep’s day” on Radio 1 and on “Cusano Italia Tv” the health director of the Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute in Milan, as well as associate professor of General and Applied Hygiene at the University of Milan, explained that with the next cold season Covid-19 could bite again. The concern, beyond the current situation that does not worry from the hospital point of view, is for the very high contagiousness of the latest variants that emerged, Omicron 4 and 5 we talked about. So, for example, it could be possible “that the obligation to wear a mask may have to be reintroduced in some cases”.
For the fall-winter season, the United States expects over 100 million Covid cases for Omicron’s sub-variants. For the expert, comparing the data to the Italian population, it can be assumed that “in the autumn there will be a wave of 20 million infections, a third of Italians. I say this because it will be useful to know beforehand to be prepared ». The discussion on the eventuality will therefore be hot again fourth dose for the general population: “It will be a recommended vaccination, in the same way as the flu vaccine,” he explains, thus excluding any obligations. While the frail who have already taken a fourth dose “will make a recall in the autumn, because after four months we are seeing a decline in protection”. Even in an interview with the “Stampa”, the expert had begun to draw attention to a possible autumn wave, once again emphasizing the price in terms of daily deaths: “At least four times those caused by the flu, as if a plane crashed every day“.
“These variants are really very contagious and will become prevalent in a short time, thus causing a health burden that could be significant, ”said a Cusano Italy Tv“However, these variants are less severe in terms of health effects, but beware: the virus did not go cold, as I hear. Let’s say he’s calmed down a bit. And it has calmed down especially in countries like Italy, thanks to a huge vaccination campaign and the massive and positive participation of the population, which is why the effects on the NHS, or on hospital admissions, are limited, despite the presence of many cases of positivity. Among other things, in Italy currently the infections are much more numerous than those notified, given that there is no longer the obligation of the green pass “.
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Source: Vanity Fair
