The experience in one year with the coronavirus shows that unfortunately the worst case scenario we had before us was confirmed, said Professor Petros Karagiannis, speaking at OMEGA and on the show AIXMES, who also analyzed the situation with vaccines and mutations.
Regarding the decisions on the measures, Mr. Karagiannis asked for the understanding of the people so that, as he said, in three weeks we will be able to talk about additional relaxations. and not to close again.
In detail, Mr. Karagiannis pointed out:
For the measures and situation in Cyprus
We have had a three-digit number of cases for weeks. We currently have almost 2800 cases each week which are active. Yes, we understand that people are tired and want to go out and burst, but due to the unbalanced factors we have at the moment, we can not be complacent for any reason.
Instead of talking about closing in three weeks, let's say we can relax even more.
We are talking about 222 people in hospitals. Some may consider it a small number. Last week, 568 people were admitted to hospitals but 300 were discharged. In the hospitals there is yeast to which we constantly add. If imports exceed exports, the system will come under enormous pressure.
We are approaching with slow and steady steps and we are asking the people to understand our reasoning.
For nurses who refuse to be vaccinated
I must say that this is not a Cypriot phenomenon. The same problems existed in England staff with the flu vaccine.
The worst case scenario
Last year, for so long, no one could have predicted how the pandemic would develop. Then they announced models for the possible outcome of the pandemic in the coming months.
The worst of these, which predicted a huge worldwide boom, is the one that proved to be the most correct. Both the deaths and the cases far exceeded the numbers of the first wave.
As long as the virus was transmitted from country to country, you collect mutations and we know where it went from and where it ended up.
Over time we began to see mutations that give it the ability to transmit more easily. These mutations may also undermine the effectiveness of vaccines.
These are the serious mutations we are seeing right now are mainly in the protein that the virus uses to infect our cells.
Not only did we not anticipate this ability of the virus but younger people with more severe symptoms also appear to be infected.
This is what we are probably seeing in Cyprus at the moment and especially in the Limassol area.
On whether the coronavirus is invincible
I would not say that he is undefeated. We have encouraging findings. The present findings tell us that vaccines can treat the British and partly the South African but hardly the Brazilian mutation. Fortunately, the technology of vaccines is such that it allows them to be updated very easily.
Source: Omegalive
