after two days before, three days after. call it five, and you ask after. call it five, and you ask for after. call it five, and you ask for the additional five days, ask for the additional five days, we think the probability of transmission then is low. and of transmission then is low. and even of transmission then is low. and even if you do get transmission, we have antibodies and increasing all options antibodies and increasing all options that will be available. we are options that will be available. we are more comfortable with treating we are more comfortable with treating covid. as a vaccinated person. treating covid. as a vaccinated person, we know you are very unlikely person, we know you are very unlikely to person, we know you are very unlikely to get serious disease, hospitalisation and death, disease, hospitalisation and death, very different from november 2020.- death, very different from november 2020. ok, the other oint is november 2020. ok, the ot
into this recommendation. first, overall, we are not in the same place as we were in the fall of 2020 when the guidelines were last updated. we have had vaccines since then and more therapeutics, so if you think about that timeline when you are infected and when you are most likely to transmit, if you think about alpha, it was said to be about five days, delta four days, and 0micron is thought to be three days, much of that data comes from the oslo event when scores of people were infected with 0micron. that is the thinking two days before, three days after. call it five, and you wear a mask for the additionalfive days, we think the probability of transmission then is low. and even if you do get transmission, we have antibodies and increasing oral options that will be available. we are more comfortable with treating covid.
much of that data comes from the oslo event when scores of people were infected with 0micron. so i think that is the thinking two days before, three days after. we ll call it five, and you wear a mask for the additional five days, we think the probability of transmission then is low. and even if you do get transmission, we have antibodies and increasing oral options that will be available. we are more comfortable with treating covid. as a vaccinated person, we know you are very unlikely to get serious disease, hospitalisation and death, very different from november 2020. does it bother you, at all, this new regime, if you like? i appreciate there is an economic call for it, a business sense to it, but you, as a medical man and a scientist, are you anxious? i am a little anxious, to be honest, david, and that s because we don t
timeline when you are infected and when you are most likely to transmit, if you think about alpha, it was said to be about five days, delta four days, and 0micron is thought to be three days, much of that data comes from the oslo event when scores of people were infected with 0micron. that is the thinking two days before, three days after. call it five, and you wear a mask for the additionalfive days, we think the probability of transmission then is low. and even if you do get transmission, we have antibodies and increasing oral options that will be available. we are more comfortable with treating covid. as a vaccinated person, we know you are very unlikely to get serious disease, hospitalisation and death, very different from november 2020. does it bother you, this new regime? i appreciate there is an economic call for
about the infection period and how long we might still harbour it? yes, several reasons went into this recommendation. first, overall, we are not in the same place as we were in the fall of 2020 when the guidelines were last updated. we have had vaccines since then and more therapeutics, so if you think about that timeline when you are infected and when you are most likely to transmit, if you think about alpha, it was said to be about five days, delta four days, and 0micron is thought to be three days, much of that data comes from the oslo event when scores of people were infected with 0micron. that is the thinking two days before, three days after. call it five, and you wear a mask for the additionalfive days, we think the probability of transmission then is low. and even if you do get