Falling incidences had recently made the people in the district positive.
But the next danger is already lurking with Omikron.
The medical director of the vaccination center warns of this in a video message.
Gmund
- According to Dr.
Thomas Straßmüller recently led to the incidence in the Miesbach district falling again.
But in a video message on Facebook, the medical director of the vaccination center urgently warns against subsiding now.
The omicron variant of the virus is already spreading under our radar - in time for Christmas it comes around the corner as the Grinch, explains the doctor from Gmund, alluding to the green film creature who wants to spoil people's Christmas festivities.
Straßmüller: Omikron spreads many times faster
Straßmüller leaves no doubt about the seriousness of the current Corona situation.
Little is known about Omicron.
But what he has learned from forecasts and model calculations in the past few days is alarming.
"I have to say that the majority of it looks terrifying," explains the doctor.
"It exceeds everything that we have had so far in the pandemic." Omikron combines two unfavorable properties: It spreads many times faster and can bypass the immune protection of those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered.
But this does not mean, stresses Straßmüller, that the vaccinations are pointless.
It has been proven that the booster offers protection against serious illnesses, which is also 75 percent with Omikron.
Older people without vaccination soon "in great danger"
In particular, older and previously ill people without vaccinations and booster will soon be "in great danger," says the expert.
He therefore urgently advises you to get the protective vaccine administered quickly.
He also calls on the population to adjust their behavior again.
Measures such as wearing FFP2 masks, keeping your distance and ventilation would also work at Omikron.
“I have the feeling,” said Straßmüller, “that there are still difficult weeks ahead of us”.
But with the cohesion of the last time you will also survive the Omikron crisis.
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