Athina Linou: The peak of the flu at the end of February
Without protection measures and 2-3 viruses on the rise, it is very likely that we will be led to 200,000 cases per day, said Athena Linou, professor of epidemiology EKPA and its president Prolepsis Institute on ERT.
The cocktail of viruses, flu and coronavirus worries the experts, with Mrs. Linou assuming that at the end of February she reports a general peak of the flu, but depending on when the new subvariant will be detected “Kraken” in Greece, which is “overwhelming” in the USA.
Asked about the new XBB.1.5 variant of the corona detected in 15 countries in the E.U. he said:
“This form of the coronavirus is just a variant of Omicron,” so measures need not be differentiatedsaid Mrs. Linou characteristically, adding that “Kraken” shows some differences in terms of transmissibility and also in terms of vaccine evasion or previous disease, which means that there are more cases.
Regarding the mandatory use of the mask and the closing of the schools, Mrs. Linou argued that she is not in favor of the closing, because this “experience highlighted more strongly the inequalities between the students. There were kids with laptops at home and maybe a parent helping them with distance learning. Other children, however, did not have access to the Internet.” “Greece has never had a sufficient number of beds or ICUs, except for the three major pediatric hospitals in Athens,” said the professor of epidemiology, stressing that even after the coronavirus that created the need for masks, there was no increase in pediatric ICUs except . of Athens”.
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