If the omicron variant can infect those vaccinated with full schedules, why did you decide that these people do not need to isolate themselves when they have close contact with a positive and do not show symptoms?
“The asymptomatic in general – and more if they are vaccinated – have much lower viral loads and last less time (infected) unlike unvaccinated people and especially symptomatic ones. That is, (the vaccinated) can infect, but the risk of contagion is lower. In addition, people in Colombia not only have a complete scheme in a significant proportion, but many of them had a previous infection with the virus. They didn’t necessarily know it, but many have hybrid immunity. “
Are general and sectorized confinements ruled out in Colombia?
“At this moment there are no reasons to justify them, especially since there is not going to be an increase in mortality, it would not be efficient and it would not have a practical sense. Of course, all the measures are constantly being evaluated ”.
Why did Colombia not have a peak of infections as a result of the delta variant, as it happened in other countries?
“It is a difficult question to answer, but I would have some hypotheses. One, that maybe we have cross protection with the mu variant, which protected us against delta. And two, that unlike Europe when the delta variant arrived, we had a population with a complete scheme that was more recently vaccinated ”.
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