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Pending the start of vaccinations against COVID-19 in Greece December 27th, many experts highlight the importance of immunizing the population, pointing out that vaccines are safe and effective.
In particular, the Professor of Pathology – Physiology – EKPA Infections, Nikos Sypsas referred need to build a “wall of immunity”, by vaccinating 70% of the Greek population.
Furthermore, Mr. Sypsas pointed out that “we must immunize 70% of the Greek population, that is, these people must obtain antibodies, to protect the remaining 30%.”
“If this happens,” he continued, “then the epidemic will say goodbye to Greece, we shake hands again us and return to the previous state. ”
“The negatives are absurd”
“The risks of the vaccine are minimal or non-existent compared to the enormous benefits. If we want society and the economy to open up soon, the vaccine must be decided by everyone. as soon as possible”said the head of the Department of Human Retroviruses of the National Institute for Cancer Research in the United States, Dr. George Pavlakis.
America’s leading Greek researcher directly accuses the deniers that they are irrational and betray humanity’s need for survival.
Update every Monday aimed at mass vaccination
Also, special The emphasis on information appears to be the responsibility of the Ministry of Health., so that everyone understands that vaccines once approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is safe and effective.
Every Monday at 6:00 p.m., the ministry will be periodically informed about the course and planning of the vaccination process, against COVID-19, which begins on December 27 in five hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki, but also for its benefits, in charge of its emeritus professor of Pediatrics. ΕΚΠΑ and president of the National Vaccination Committee María Theodoridou and the Secretary General of Primary Health Care of the Ministry of Health Mario Themistocles.
What do the Greeks think about vaccines?
Beside, investigation of diANEOsis, in collaboration with the survey company Metron Analysis, recorded the attitudes and views of Greeks during the first 10 days of December.
According to the survey, two in three Greeks (66.3%) say they will receive the vaccine, while 27.4% say they will not, which is significantly lower than the 42% recorded in a previous survey in September. .
On December 26, the first batches of the vaccine
The first batches of the vaccine will arrive in Greece on Dec 26 and from the next December 27, we will have the first vaccines in five referral hospitals, initially in Athens and immediately afterwards in Thessaloniki, the prime minister revealed Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during an extensive meeting on National Vaccination Plan.
As he highlighted, the employees of the National Health System and the guests in the elderly units will precede. Citizens over 65 will follow, this age category includes a total of approximately 2.4 million people in Greece.
