The infectologist, Dr. Daniel Stecher, referred staggerwhich is issued by FM Weather 97.5 to the increase in the circulation of respiratory viruses, mainly Covid and various strains of Influenza.
The increase in infections and the number of consultations suggests that this situation will increase in the face of the holiday season and the massive activities that will take place in the city. Having said that, the recommendation is the same as always: use of the mask in closed places with an influx of people and constant hand hygiene.
“It’s not the weather or the temperature, but the circulation of respiratory viruses,” said the professional. “Even if the usual thing is that there are peaks in the coldest periods, today this is changing, because the viruses circulate outside the expected seasons, to which is added the Covid which has no seasonality,” he said..
He argued that “we are seeing an increase in the number of cases of all these viruses, especially Covid because there is a feeling that the pandemic has passed, but it continues to circulate. This happens mainly because there are more personal meetings and contacts. For this reason, the use of the chin strap and hand hygiene is the way to prevent it and cut the chain of infections”.
The practitioner argued that although the symptoms are not the same between these diseases, they are quite similar. “The truth is that the Clinic does not define the type of virus, but the viral study. Suspicion has to do with headaches, loss of smell, body aches, etc. All of this should lead the patient to the medical consultation, so that he can request the laboratory and determine the appropriate treatment,” he said.
Instead, he referred to the importance of completing vaccination schemes: “it is necessary to remember that the disease exists and the virus continues to circulate. The solution to this problem is the vaccine, because the problem is not getting sick, but dying. Before vaccination there were severe cases, high numbers of hospitalized and deceased. Now that it is not seen and why it continues like this, what you have to do is get vaccinated ”, he insisted.
The professional reported that “the situation in Argentina is that we have high coverage with the first two doses, but little coverage with boosters because people have relaxed, but the vaccine makes the difference between a flu and hospitalization in therapy intensive,” he added.
