The denial of disinformation is the multiplier of infections at festive tables. The scientific denials in the infectious disease report of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
ROME. The ax of the fake news no vax also strikes the Christmas tables, increasing the risk of contagion during the holidays spent with the family. The Infectious Disease Report of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart took stock of the buffaloes that increase the danger of transmission of the virus in dinners with relatives and friends. Scientifically disproving them one by one.
The most frequent buffaloes
First of all, it is false that Omicron is not dangerous, indeed by multiplying the infections it causes a collective impact that threatens to send the national health service into a tailspin. Vaccination is effective against all variants but there is no 100% coverage and it remains necessary for all to maintain precautionary measures (Ffp2 masks, distance, hand hygiene). All the more indispensable in the midst of the wave of a much more contagious variant which is the South African one. It is not true, then, that one is safe from the virus at home. Indeed, in the presence of several people, the opposite is true. Hence the importance of swabbing before dinner, especially in the presence of even trivial symptoms and if there are elderly people and people with other pathologies at home. It is also necessary to open the window at least twice during the evening to ventilate the room. If space permits, it is better to make two tables to avoid more than eight sitting close together. False, then, that childhood is a sort of oasis from the virus, indeed, as children are not yet vaccinated, it is among them that Sars-Cov-2 circulates more in this phase of the pandemic. Nor are the young ones free from severe forms of the disease with short and long term damage.
Advice
Swabs before the celebrations, no kisses to grandparents, precautions at home. Tables over eight diners should be avoided. Yes to masks before and after meals. Everyone should have a Super green pass. Or swab before dinner for those with even mild symptoms such as colds or coughs. Family celebrations are particularly risky. For example, in the Thanksgiving bridge the number of Covid cases in the state of New York increased by 43% and hospitalizations increased by 29%. Individual behaviors, therefore, are fundamental in limiting the circulation of the virus. Close contact of the elderly with unvaccinated children and diners should be avoided. In closed places the virus is concentrated and it is necessary to open the windows several times during the dinners to circulate the air. There are fragile subjects (sick, elderly) who must be particularly protected and the higher the number of people at home, the more the risk of infection increases. Each pandemic is characterized by some peculiar aspect from a medical point of view: the Spanish was particularly lethal in young people, Covid-19 proved to be much more serious in the elderly. But it puts anyone at risk.
Double buffer rallies
Being vaccinated should not exempt everyone from taking all possible precautions at any age. The caution in the elderly must not fail, even beyond the Christmas lunch. Being vaccinated must not exempt you from using all possible precautions, masks and spacing. In addition to avoiding the kiss of greetings to grandparents to thank for the gift received, a couple of tampons are also appropriate in view of family gatherings, especially for people who only have a cold, to avoid risks. Attentions to decline in individual situations. The larger the number of people, the theoretically higher the risk. If the environments allow it, it is better to make two tables to distribute the diners. Vaccination works but it works the more you are vaccinated with the third dose, that is, even those who have completed the vaccination but completed it for a few months, especially if elderly, have a higher risk of having some harm from some transmission of viruses. We must try to stay at a distance bearing in mind that almost all children are not yet vaccinated. And it is mainly among them, according to data from the Higher Institute of Health, that the virus circulates.
Fake immunity
It is not true that in pregnancy, childhood or young age Covid is not a danger nor that vaccination is not recommended or dangerous. False that mRna vaccines modify the genetic code. The task of mRNA, in fact, is only to carry the instructions for the production of proteins from one part of the cell to another, which is why it is called “messenger”. In this case, the RNA carries the instructions for making the protein used by the virus to attach itself to cells, the protein called Spike. Thanks to vaccination, the organism produces specific antibodies before coming into contact with the virus and immunizes itself against it.
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