Covid, Burioni sounds the alarm: “Things are going wrong”



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“Things are starting to get worse. Be careful, keep your distance, wear masks, avoid crowded places indoors, wash your hands. The virus is out there, as infectious and harmful as it was last spring. Everything depends on us “. Thus on twitter the virologist Roberto Burioni, commenting on the current rebound in infections, more than 2,500 new cases in 24 hours. Another piece of data highlights the extent to which the circulation of the virus has recovered strength: while the swabs have grown by 7.9%, the positives of the test mark + 39%; the data was published on Twitter by Youtrend.

Cold shower

A cold shower also for the virologist, who that day had published an optimistic message on the “Medical Facts” website: “It’s like Italy at the 2006 World Cup: they beat Germany in the semifinals with a magnificent game. Now we are going to the final where the strongest team in the world is. Of course, the result is not certain: but if you are in the final it means you can win, whoever lost in the semi-finals is already at home. Instead, we are in the field. We cross our fingers and take all the precautions: we still need a few weeks or months to know if the vaccine works or not. And if it works for the virus, there will be problems. ”Burioni intervened commenting on the advances in the scientific field on the Covid vaccine.

“Effect of opening schools”

The more than 2,500 cases of Covid-19 registered today in Italy could be a first consequence of the reopening of schools, which took place two weeks ago: the physicist Giorgio Sestili, founder and one of the curators of the Facebook page «Coronavirus: scientific data and analysis. “However, the expert points out,” the relationship between the number of cases and the swabs performed remains very low. “

October 1, 2020 (change October 1, 2020 | 18:08)

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