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The president of the Panhellenic Medical Association was alarming about the new mutation of the coronavirus that began in Britain, speaking with SKAI and the TODAY program, noting, however, that the data is still under consideration.
“The data on the new mutation is not complete and we have to look at the data to be able to say in the next few days how worrisome it is. There has been a spasmodic reaction on the part of the British authorities, since since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis they have not behaved reliably despite the fact that we all have a high scientific standard. Britain as a whole in this pandemic if we see how it reacts from the start is not a good example. “From the beginning, sometimes the virus did not exist, sometimes the measures were very weak, sometimes very harsh, that is, it did not have a specific cruise line,” said Mr. Exadaktylos.
Regarding the effectiveness of vaccines after the appearance of the new mutation, he said: “Vaccines based on the new technology, m-RNA, can be adapted and will probably not have problems with the observed mutation. It will be effective”, adding that at the moment it is being verified if it is detected by rapid tests or molecular tests. “The technology used by the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is different from that of the flu vaccine and is such that it covers small mutations. We don’t need to develop a new vaccine.
When asked if people should get vaccinated against the coronavirus every year, the president of the Panhellenic Medical Association said that it would depend on how much immunity the vaccine would give, as it has not yet been proven, given that people who have not even met 12 months. However, he did not rule it out.
Commenting on the government’s decision not to close the border in the UK, he stressed that “when in the first phase the countries that closed the border in China were widespread and those that did not close and control travelers were not widespread.”
Finally, he clarified that we have not finished with the second wave of coronavirus. “The second wave is here, inflated and we are waiting to see it bend. Because we have seen a decrease in people who are detected positive, but when the number of intubated is in two digits we will breathe. “After the holidays, their numbers may be reduced.”
Source: skai.gr
