In the columns of Figaro, Tuesday, December 28, the doctor Gérald Kierzek spoke of the health situation and specified that he saw the circulation of the Omicron variant in the territory with a positive eye.
While Jean Castex announced new measures to try to control the health crisis, earlier this week, the emergency doctor Gérald Kierzek took stock, Tuesday December 28, in the columns of Figaro. Asked about the Omicron variant, which circulates en masse within the country and which is more contagious than the previous ones, the health columnist mentioned “collective immunity, which we have talked about a lot”, Who “is perhaps a pipe dream”, but which could allow us to control the situation.
“What is certain is that viral eradication can only be done naturally, also thanks to natural immunity”, estimated Gérald Kierzek, convinced that the new variant of Covid-19 “is probably an opportunity and a turning point in the epidemic”. Words which may be surprising, but which can be explained by the fact that Omicron “is much more contagious”, corn “much less lethal”. Supporting evidence, the emergency doctor said that “the contamination rates are impressive (nearly 200,000 per day in England) with relatively low hospitalizations and deaths, in any case without commonality with the viral circulation ” and “South African studies show that 60 to 80% of the population present antibodies and has therefore been in contact with the virus without seriousness “.
A doctor convinced that one should not “panic”
Minimizing the risk associated with the Omicron variant, Gérald Kierzek asserted that it “should lead us not to panic, to benefit from its circulation in subjects who immunize themselves effectively and durably (children, adolescents, adults without risk factors, etc.) and to protect the most fragile (by vaccination and strengthening the hospital ‘just in case’) “. In addition, according to the columnist and medical director of the site Doctissimo, the use of the tests is to be questioned: “We can even wonder about the relevance massive testings. Testing is relevant when the virus is scarce for tracing and isolating; this is no longer the case and therefore becomes ineffective. “ Finally, for him, “It is urgent to seize this opportunity and take this turn in the management of the pandemic, rather than panicking over contamination counters”. Here at least is likely to reassure the most anxious …
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