A big wave flu Nikos Tsanakis estimates that he will arrive within two months from January to February. Speaking Sunday morning on ERT, a professor of pulmonology at the University of Crete called for the immediate vaccination of vulnerable groups.

“This year, there is an early panspermia of viruses, which mainly affects children who bring it home from schools, from kindergartens, as a result of which later older people fall ill, mostly vulnerable, due to diseases or with altered immunity medications, or the elderly, causing them to suffer severely with such feverish, flu-like symptoms,” Mr. Tzanakis said.

“Pediatricians and pediatric clinics are moaning with really many infections, mainly from respiratory syncytial virus, which lends a helping hand to young children, many times more severe, with bronchiolitis and respiratory failure and the child needs hospitalization and support. to breathe oxygen or other breathing apparatus so that we can take care of him, and he recovered, ”added the professor of pulmonology.

In this context, he explained that “we do not send the child to school with a cold and tithing, we avoid the socialization of the child by rarely visiting playgrounds and parties.”

As he pointed out, “the absolute measure of protection against respiratory viruses is a mask and proper hand disinfection. So I don’t think we have to bring her back by court order. But the most vulnerable among us and the elderly would do well to wear it everywhere and whenever we feel unsafe, in crowded places, in crowded places, in public services and especially on public transport.”

“Currently, the influenza virus is the most dangerous, as it causes more serious and serious problems in a special population group, which concerns the elderly and people with immune problems,” said Nikos Tzanakis.