While the second wave is still underway, and despite encouraging signs of a decline in the virus, we are already starting to hear about the third wave. What is it?
Learn from the past to avoid the 3rd wave
The Scientific Council, in its opinion of October 26, mentioned probable ” successive waves “, by the end of winter / spring 2021, until the arrival of the first vaccines and / or treatments.
Frédéric Valletoux, president of the Hospital Federation of France, feared that a poorly understood deconfinement ” brings us to a third wave, even a third confinement “. ” The worst would be that, under the pretext that the numbers are falling, this leads to a relaxation of behavior. “, He added to francetvinfo’s microphone on November 12th.
For Professor Amouyel, epidemiological doctor at Lille University Hospital, deconfinement must be accompanied by massive screening, analyzes of wastewater and, as always, respect for barrier gestures: “Once things get better, and this second wave has passed, the risk is that we start to relax the surveillance. However, to avoid a possible third wave, we must learn from the experiences of the past and put in place tools that prevent epidemic outbreaks. “
Some countries are already facing this third wave of Covid-19
As we go through the second wave in Europe, some countries are facing their third. This is the case of the United States, but also of Japan where the observed rebound ” could be considered a third wave According to Toshio Nakagawa, the president of the Japanese Medical Association, or Korea: “We believe that the third wave of virus infections is underway, after February-March and August”, announced Yoon Tae-ho, of the Korean Ministry of Health, during a press briefing.
Olivier Véran fears a third wave which would be that of mental health
The Minister of Health, after a visit Wednesday, on the premises of a Parisian listening platform, declared “We want to avoid a third wave, which would be a wave of mental health for young and old”.
Indeed, this second wave and this second confinement show a significant increase in depressive states and anxiety disorders.
