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Elias Mosialos, professor of Political Health, spoke about the new mutation of the coronavirus, vaccines and how safe it is, Christmas Eve and confinement.
“We have known about it for a few days, but today the prime minister officially announced it. “We know that the spread has increased, especially in south-east England and London,” he told SKAI, adding that the new strain worries experts about the spread of the virus, which has increased.
However, according to him, so far it does not appear that the most serious cases of the mutation are increasing.
Regarding whether the mutated virus is spreading to other parts of the country and outside of Great Britain, he replied that “we will know this in the coming weeks, when we will have data from other countries”, emphasizing that “the only data is that it is transmitted with greater ease “. .
“Based on the data that we have and based on the data announced by the British Prime Minister’s scientific advisers, there does not appear to be any problem with the vaccine,” Mr Mosialos clarified.
“Better every single family on vacation”
On the closure and what will happen in January, he said that everything will depend on how much we implement the measures.
“To avoid a total blockade in our country, we must be very careful.” Since the Italians, who have a better health system than ours, did not succeed, we must be a little more careful, “he said.
For people on Christmas Eve, he said it is better to be very conservative, with each family alone during the holidays. “Unless there is a lonely friend of ours or a grandmother or a grandfather to vacation with us,” he said.
“Most of the side effects appear in the first week”
We have two months of clinical data on the side effects of vaccines, the professor said, adding that we have no data on other drugs that are safe and effective.
“About 40,000 people have been vaccinated.” I want people to be convinced that vaccines are adequate and safe, “he said.
“Most side effects appear in the first week. The possibility of side effects is infinitesimal after the first four months,” emphasized Mr. Mosialos, noting that according to the data, side effects are tolerable.
Finally, he recalled that the vaccines will not be administered to pregnant women, those under 18 years of age and people with severe allergies.
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