I Covid contagion and Omicron 5 continue to grow. The summer that has just opened could in fact have a worrying implication with a wave that has now begun and could last for a few more weeks. But, as several experts have pointed out, the symptoms of this new variant are so mild that they are often unnoticeable: mild throat inflammation, cold and sometimes a single day of fever. And in fact, its infected effects would be mild especially in those who have a complete vaccination cycle. And in light of this to Omnibus on La7, the infectious disease specialist Matteo Bassetti del San Martino di Genova, wanted to take stock of the situation by trying to reassure millions of Italians who now live with anguish even the holiday period that is about to open: “Omicron 5? Do not call it Covid, it is a very contagious virus but with attenuated thanks to the vaccine “.
Strong words, however, which explain well the position of Bassetti who in fact tries to bring back the contagious hysteria that has spread in recent days on a more rational basis. Professor The old a few days ago, in an interview with Republic, underlined a not insignificant aspect: the infections estimated at this time amount to 600 thousand, but in fact, according to the expert, the real infected would be about 3 million, a figure also revealed by the surge in sales of do-it-yourself tampons at home . And it is precisely on the numbers that Bassetti makes a very specific accusation: “It is useless to give the data like this, if not for those who are interested in the numbers”.
And again: “We continue to give meaningless numbers. We are giving an image of Village profoundly wrong and this also puts at risk the flow of tourists who during this summer had thought of a holiday in Italy … “.