Salud

Sí, ómicron es menos agresiva y menos letal, pero no por eso inofensiva

Autoridades de salud y especialistas indican que no puede catalogarse como ‘débil’ porque al ser tan contagiosa igual podría comprometer los servicios hospitalarios

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 27, 2021, passengers wait to check in for their flight at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington, DC. - Christmas shows cancelled, cruise ships to avoid, planes unable to take off: the omicron variant of the coronavirus has multiplied the problems for the US economy and could contribute to a shortage of workers and even higher prices in the country. "We are starting to see the first signs of the impact of the omicron on the economy," mainly in the service sector such as bars and restaurants, explained Oren Klachkin, an economist at Oxford Economics, in an interview with AFP. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 27, 2021, passengers wait to check in for their flight at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington, DC. - Christmas shows cancelled, cruise ships to avoid, planes unable to take off: the omicron variant of the coronavirus has multiplied the problems for the US economy and could contribute to a shortage of workers and even higher prices in the country. "We are starting to see the first signs of the impact of the omicron on the economy," mainly in the service sector such as bars and restaurants, explained Oren Klachkin, an economist at Oxford Economics, in an interview with AFP. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) ROBERTO SCHMIDT
No puede subestimarse el impacto de ómicron

La variante ómicron del virus SARS-CoV-2, causante de la covid-19, ha tenido dos características: la primera es que es menos agresiva, y por ende, menos letal que las variantes anteriores; la segunda, que preocupa más a las autoridades y a especialistas, es que tiene una alta transmisibilidad, lo que podría contrarrestar las bondades en sus manifestaciones.

“Ómicron parece ser menos grave que delta, especialmente para los ya vacunados, pero eso no quiere decir que podamos catalogarla como leve. Ómicron sigue matando gente y conduciendo a hospitalizaciones. El maremoto de casos es tan abrumador que ha llevado a saturación de hospitales en muchas regiones del mundo”, dijo Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) la mañana de este jueves en conferencia de prensa.

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