“By spring 2022 we will have 95% of the population protected” by Covid-19, “either directly because people have had the disease or indirectly because they are covered by the vaccine“. Matteo Bassetti, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic at the Policlinico San Martino hospital in Genoa, underlines this to beraking latest news Salute. “In both cases there will be protection against serious disease and therefore we will have weakened the virus,” says the expert.
According to the expert, we will not completely eliminate the virus “because we will continue to live with it. But it is one thing to face the flu, another is severe pneumonia as it happened in the past”.
“The numbers have changed”, observes Bassetti, who says he is optimistic for 2022. I suggest everyone to look at these steeply rising numbers with a reflective attitude, because hospitalizations and serious illnesses are significantly lower than in previous waves. towards the exit from the emergency “, predicts the doctor.