Vespignani: “Omicron runs. Double the infections in 2 days”
The variant omicron in Europe and also in use is now almost dominant over the delta. The Coronavirus it continues to change and become more contagious. He talks about the South African strain of the disease Alexander Vespignani, director of the Network Science Institute of Boston. “With Omicron – explains Vespignani to Repubblica – the case growth is impressive, with doubling times of two and a half days three. The only defense is the booster. Italy perhaps he has a couple of weeks of advantage, but he must exploit them by immediately applying the measures against Omicron. Maybe we got the communication wrong, giving the impression that the two doses were the decisive weapon. Not so: the vaccine it is very important, but it is possible that it needs to be changed, perhaps every year. We have to prepare. Without panic, but with awareness “.
“By doubling every three days, – he continues Vespignani a Repubblica – we can’t take a week to hold meetings and decide, because it means quadrupling the impact of variant. Must speed up much crisis management, but in Italy there is the idea that we are in a different situation. We should have already learned that there can be a week late, ten days, but the patterns repeat themselves and Omicron with us there is. «You cannot make a precise forecast, because in Italy you don’t measure the prevalence of Omicron every day, let’s say we have two weeks of advantage. Whatever you want to do, it must be done quickly. “
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