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The coronavirus vaccine is the first really good news of last year in January, when this nightmare began, said Nikos Sypsas, professor of Infectious Diseases, speaking on SKAI TV. a few hours before the start of vaccinations in Greece.
“It is the beginning of the end of the pandemic that afflicted us, tortured us and we lost so many fellow citizens,” added Mr. Sypsas and assured that the vaccine, is completely safe and completely effective.
Explaining the mRNA technology in the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, he said: “It is such a small molecule that it enters our body, it gives the message of producing antibodies from the coronavirus protein and then it self-destructs and dissolves.”
“It is the safest that our technology has made.” Clinical studies and the experience that we have to date of several million vaccinations in the world demonstrate its absolute safety, “added the professor.
Wall of immunity with 70% of the vaccinated population
According to Mr. Sypsas to form a wall of immunity in the coronavirus should vaccinate at least 70% of the Greek population.
On when this goal can be achieved, the professor said that It will depend on the offer and how many will come to be vaccinated, “because the vaccine is optional and it should be that way.”
He stressed that although the State is much more optimistic, it believes that we may have to make it to the end of the year.
When will schools and stores open?
When asked when schools and stores will open, Sypsas said this was “completely unknown because the epidemic is unpredictable.” The decision will be made in the first week of January and will be based on epidemiological data.
If everything goes fine elementary schools can open on January 7stressed the professor, however, expressing concern about the images that indicate the spread of the virus during the holidays.
“This reflection of the image will be seen around January 10, so it is more prudent to assess the situation at that time to make suggestions to the government,” Sypsas said.
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