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Margarita del Val
Margarita del Val continues these days alerting the population of the effects that the sixth wave can have on the population in the face of the unbridled increase in infections that all of Spain is experiencing at the height of Christmas.
In some of her most recent television appearances, the renowned CSIC virologist has emphasized the importance of being vaccinated once morest the explosion of infections that we are seeing these days.
“People who are vaccinated are in a frankly much more favorable situation than last year. Maybe 10 times less risk of serious illness than last year without being vaccinated, “he explained in an interview on the TVE newscast.
Alert that this is not the case in those who are not vaccinated. “It is still at the same risk, even more because now the probability of them being infected is higher than it was before. There are more cases and omicron spreads more easily,” he explained.
He also wanted to remember that “vaccines are not infallible. They can allow people to get infected, more with omicron than with delta and from those who are infected 5% progress to serious disease and those are the ones that must be especially protected. “
We spoke with Margarita del Val, virologist at the CSIC: “This virus has a very important component of aerosol transmission. What we have to do is provide the tools and make it easier to control it where the virus is most spread, indoors”https://t.co/dc7py4qJlw pic.twitter.com/gBkiSBQ6oQ
– TVE newscasts (@telediario_tve) December 27, 2021
List which people are most at risk of falling seriously ill from covid these days. “They are people with a weakened immune system. An immunosuppressive treatment, an aged or deficient immune system. Those are the ones that need to be protected the most. Remember, this virus has a very important component of aerosol transmission Where is the virus spread? Indoor. We have left the necessary tools to and no measure has been given for the measurement of air quality. We warned in spring, when there was time, “he denounced.