The Can Ruti Hospital, in Badalona (Barcelona), has registered four cases of contagion of coronavirus in people who had received the two doses of the vaccine, as reported by the head of infectious diseases of the center, Dr. Bonaventura Clotet.
Is about very mild infections, but with a very high viral load, which shows that an immunized person can become infected and spread equally, as Clotet highlighted in an interview this Monday in RAC-1 collected by Europa Press.
“It is not serious to think that when we are vaccinated everything will have already happened,” said Dr. Clotet, who has indicated that, if the South African variant is spreading, it will probably be necessary to vaccinate more often or adapt the vaccine models.
“It will be necessary to revaccinate. How long does immunity from a vaccine last? After a year it will be necessary. In the case of some [variantes del Covid-19] it may even last less than a year, “Clotet reflected.
He has ensured that, contrary to what one might think, reinfection is a common phenomenon, so “very powerful drugs are being developed to treat the unvaccinated or those vaccinated who have an infection, as well as those who are reinfected.”
The fourth wave
The doctor has taken for granted a fourth wave after Easter, especially for the British variant of the virus: “We have to prepare for a new regrowth. I am worried because the British variant is more infectious and costs more to remove“.
However, Clotet has been satisfied with the effectiveness of the vaccine against the British strain and has claimed rapid tests to avoid contagion: “If they were done, [los infectados] they would have a very low probability of infecting “.
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“Why are we taking so long to normalize the use of the rapid test? It is a mistake not to do them. In restaurants everyone should have taken a test before, “said the doctor, who is committed to extending mass screening.
“The profitability of rapid tests is very high, but they must be done well. Everyone needs to learn to do them well with more simplified techniques than the current ones,” said Clotet, who claims that antigen tests can be performed in addresses.
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