A top infectious disease expert predicts Australians will face COVID-19 For another ‘three to four years’ and we will all be in touch with it.
While the virus continues to spread, the safest ways to live are getting outside, wearing masks in crowded places and moving forward with vaccinations, Professor Peter Callignon warned Australians on Thursday.
He also said that it was ‘good news’ that a study from South Africa showed that infection omicron The variant had an 80 percent lower risk of hospitalization than the previous strain.
Professor Peter Collignon of Canberra Hospital said the virus continues to spread, but the safest way to live is to go out, wear a mask in crowded places and get vaccinated beforehand.
Top infectious disease expert Professor Peter Collignon predicts Australians will combat COVID-19 for the next ‘three to four years’ and we will all be exposed to it
But he was sure that everyone would react the same way. For example, unaffiliated people are at risk of dying from it, he claimed.
Professor Callignon denied claims made by Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard that it was ‘essential’ for all Australians to receive it.
‘I’m not sure I would use the word ‘must’. I think it is inevitable that it will spread and I think if we can control the spread, we are better off,’ Professor Callignon said on the project.
In Mr Callignon’s view, it is better that people survive COVID-19 for as long as possible.
‘But this virus is inevitably going to spread and will continue to spread. Probably in the next three to four years we will all be exposed to it.
Professor Callignon claimed that wearing a mask indoors reduces the risk of developing Kovid-19 by ’10 to 15 percent’.
Because super spreader events often come from ‘bars and clubs and gyms’ where people are reluctant to wear masks, he was in favor of reducing capacity at indoor venues.
Otherwise he recommends wearing a mask indoors – especially for people working in environments like supermarkets.
Professor Callignon estimates living outside is ’20 times less risky’ than social inside
Professor Callignon claimed that wearing masks indoors only reduced the risk of developing COVID-19 by ’10 to 15 percent’ – but added that masks and eye protection were important for supermarket workers .
He claimed that supermarket workers should probably also wear eye protection, as the virus ‘falls’ into the eye.
Professor Callignon said the best way for most people to avoid catching the virus is to change social plans and pull them out, such as choosing a barbecue for the family dinner.
They estimate that living outside is ’20 times less risky’ than socializing inside.
His second main message was to vaccinate illiterate people.
‘They are the main people who are going to mourn the spread of the virus … likely to be. ,