The coronavirus is unlikely to disappear, but it must be controlled. The fate of the pandemic – when it will end and what will be our “relationship” with the virus in the coming years, depends on a number of factors.
These include the proportion of people who have developed immunity to it as a result of illness and / or vaccination, and the degree / effectiveness of our protection, the “profile” of possible new variants of the virus, how science and medicine will meet the challenges , the empathy of the whole society.
The virus will try to reach each of us, more than once.
It is wise to get vaccinated so that we do not meet him unprepared. We have already seen that the disease can be serious and lead to short-term and long-term complications, which are not to be underestimated.
This was said in an interview with BTA by Prof. Dr. Radostina Alexandrova from the Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with a museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. limit its spread in the future.
We are currently in the process of initially accumulating immunity against SARS-CoV-2. Yes, vaccines cannot completely protect us from infection, and re-infection also occurs in those who get sick. The question is whether we will be able to build (and how long this will take) a basic level of protection that will protect us from serious illness and prevent Kovid-19 from continuing to be the drama it is now.
We still don’t know if we will need to renew the vaccine every year, something we are familiar with from influenza viruses. The administration of a third dose should also not surprise us – this is the scheme of administration of other vaccines, such as polio.
She said it was important to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (through vaccines and compliance) because mutations in it only occur when it multiplies, ie. in infected people.
We are in a pandemic, in many parts of the world vaccines are not enough. We are literally competing with the virus right now. No one can feel protected until we are all protected.
“In order for a new version of the virus to be needed, it must be ‘more successful’ than the previous ones. Otherwise, it will not displace them,” the virologist said.
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