The 'German Fernando Simón', Christian Drosten, talks about what the summer will be like

Now that the State of Alarm has ended and we can move freely throughout Spain, many of us are thinking about the summer holidays. Now, although the State of Alarm has ended, Covid-19 is still among us, so we must be responsible and prudent. This week, in an interview in the ZDF medium, the ‘German Fernando Simón’ spoke about what the summer will be like and his prognosis is very optimistic. Christian Drosten has been right on numerous occasions about the evolution of the coronavirus, so that we can have take into account your assessment of the current situation and what awaits us in one or two months. For him, at least in Germany, the summer will be “pretty good” thanks to the vaccination rate. However, he considers that it is “too early” for a “total euphoria” to occur, so it is important to continue to comply with security measures. ‘Fernando Simón Alemán’ is very confident that we can do many things while fresh air. As an example, the United Kingdom, where it is already common for people to meet outdoors without a mask thanks to high vaccination rates. What will happen in autumn? They have also asked Christian Drosten about the possibility of another wave of infections in the fall. The expert believes that the situation will be very different because a large part of the adult population will have received the complete vaccination schedule. It is very likely that by then we will have achieved the long-awaited group immunity. Now, this just means that the spread is already controlled, not that it doesn’t exist.Therefore, the fact of achieving herd immunity does not imply that Covid-19 has disappeared 100% because there will still be people who are not vaccinated, and they have a great risk of becoming infected, in autumn it will be essential to see how the process progresses vaccination including children. Christian Drosten thinks that it is very good that children over 12 years of age can actually be vaccinated.Elimination of the use of the mask outdoors in Spain Taking all this into account, it seems that we will be able to enjoy a more or less normal summer. Several experts have predicted that in Spain the elimination of the use of the mask outdoors could arrive between the months of July and August. According to government forecasts, 70% of the Spanish population will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of August.