She counted on the “Tiroler Tageszeitung” (Monday edition) with “regular booster vaccinations adapted to the current variant every autumn, once more than 95 percent of the people are immune – through infection or vaccination”. Von Laer predicted a “state” “where, as with other infectious diseases, we can live well with the number of infections”. Neither the health system nor the critical infrastructure will then be endangered by infections. “This state is reached when practically all people have recovered or have been vaccinated and can therefore show basic immunity that at least protects against severe courses”. She hoped that compulsory vaccination would close the “vaccination gaps” that still existed.
The Omicron virus variant will probably not “excessively” burden the intensive care units, but will “fill the normal wards up to the capacity limits again,” said the virologist. She also advocated – as in Germany – shortening the “recovered” status from six to three months. “Anyone who has recovered from the previous variants is hardly protected against omicron,” she stated.
Source: Nachrichten
