The doctor Alexis Kalergis, director of the Sinovac study in Chile, assured in Cooperative that in some countries the vaccination process has been “overrated” and that the necessary support through restriction of mobility and other measures has not been taken into account.
In relation to the so-called “pandemic fatigue”, Kalergis asserted that “In several countries there has been an overvaluation of vaccination, to the point of thinking that it is the solution, and in the long term, vaccination and immunity could clearly decrease viral circulation, but in the short term Vaccination must be supported with strategies such as restriction of mobility, testing, traceability and isolation of cases and any measure that goes in the direction of preventing infections, such as the use of a mask, which of course is very important. “
In conversation with The Cooperative Diary, the expert stated that “now we are rather concerned about population effectiveness and the eventual need for immunity boosters (…) is not something new at all, a significant number of vaccines used in the population require reinforcement by means of additional doses “.
However, he stated that “I think it is not the moment yet to make the decision “on the incoculation of a third dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 in the country.
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