Editorial

Editorial: Pandemia cambiante

Las características de la variante ómicron obligan a repensar las políticas públicas de prevención y tratamiento

DULLES, VIRGINIA - DECEMBER 27: Passengers wait in line to check in for their flights at the Dulles International Airport on December 27, 2021 in Dulles, Virginia. According to media reports, at least 2,600 more flights were canceled Monday amid the surge in coronavirus cases, which have affected the staff within airlines.   Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP
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DULLES, VIRGINIA - DECEMBER 27: Passengers wait in line to check in for their flights at the Dulles International Airport on December 27, 2021 in Dulles, Virginia. According to media reports, at least 2,600 more flights were canceled Monday amid the surge in coronavirus cases, which have affected the staff within airlines. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY == Anna Moneymaker

La variante ómicron se extiende con celeridad por el planeta. A igual velocidad se consolidan los indicios tempraneros de la relativa levedad de sus síntomas, especialmente entre la población vacunada. La nueva versión del coronavirus se contagia con facilidad, pero es menos propensa a causar enfermedad grave, hospitalización y muerte.

Esas características obligan a repensar las políticas públicas de prevención y tratamiento. Ómicron, a fuerza de su capacidad de contagio, podría poner a prueba el sistema hospitalario.

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