The ‘German Fernando Simón’, the virologist Christian Drosten, has put Spain as example in the fight against the pandemic and he has assured that there is a reason why our country has bet so strongly on vaccination, with almost 90% of the population immunized against COVID-19.
Drosten, the acting chancellor’s head specialist Angela Merkel, believes that the high proportion of vaccinated in our country comes from the collective experience of having passed such bad first waves of the pandemic. “I think it was an experience for society as a whole”, has pointed out.
In this sense, the virologist recalled when the Majadahonda Ice Palace was set up as a morgue, given the high mortality in Madrid. “Let us remember that an ice rink in Madrid became a morgue and that in the confinement of the first wave the military patrolled the streets“, he has assured in a podcast in which he collaborates regularly with the NDR chain.
In comparison, the first waves were more lax in Germany, so its citizens were not as aware of it and many older people do not want to be vaccinated.
The also director of virology at the University Hospital of La Charité in Berlin believes that Spain and Portugal could leave the pandemic behind in spring, thanks to their high vaccination rates.
“Us we are far from the end of the pandemic. As soon as (the variant) delta prevails with all its force the hospitals will be saturated “, Drosten told the weekly Der Spiegel about the situation in Germany, where a new record of infections was reached today.
“On the other hand, in countries with high vaccination rates such as Spain and Portugal, the pandemic can be definitively overcome in spring“He added. Drosten explains that only when a large part of the population is immunized and only regional outbreaks occur can a pandemic phase be considered to have passed to an endemic phase.” We have to move wisely and wisely towards the endemic phase. preventing a collapse of the health system along the way and the death toll from skyrocketing as in the United Kingdom. To do this you have to react as soon as possible, “he said.
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