The Omicron XBB.1.5 strain of the coronavirus, which has become the dominant strain in the United States within weeks, could cause a new wave of cases, a World Health Organization representative told reporters.
“The situation is not that dire. Omicron and I have been dealing for a year and three months, and if we look at the global aspect – in the USA there was a period where cases reached one million. From the new year there were about 130,000 people, and now it’s 65,000, gradually decreasing. look at the world – the average incidence is about 200 cases per 1 million population,” said hematologist Prof. Chavdar Botev in the “Day ON AIR” study.
According to him, the mortality rate is approximately 0.5-0.7%.
“Science requires a longer observation to determine how mild a variant is, but in general there are no observations that it is more serious. The virus moves according to biological laws, it has to find its way and reinfect different subjects than the Alpha variant “Delta variant is 5 times more contagious, and compared to Omicron, the new variant is 2 times more contagious than Delta. But there is one exception: China, where there are currently perhaps hundreds of millions of patients,” added the prof. Botev broadcast from Bulgaria ON AIR.
According to him, 90% of the country’s population has been vaccinated.
“There is a boom, but practically out of 10 people – 9 are asymptomatic and one has symptoms. This is due to the vaccines. The problem is part of the elderly population who do not get vaccinated. They do not want to get Western vaccines because they consider it a “Risky option, but we have to be calm about COVID-19, what we shouldn’t be calm about is post-Covid”, underlines the hematologist.
Kato admitted that he is currently monitoring two very serious cases of the flu.
“Saturation in covid patients is a bit fake, when heated it rises to values that in normal medicine are considered incompatible with life. Well, the violation of the vessels is a very specific variant and the fact that it is one of the errors – some people have been intubated, but without any need. Unfortunately, we didn’t draw any conclusions from anything that happened,” added Prof. Chavdar Botev.
“In a family, if influenza A is detected, only one can test positive. For this, it must be monitored epidemiologically, the symptoms can be very different. There are many people with influenza A, whole families get sick. Everyone gets it. has individually “Low vitamin D is very important, the general condition, the accompanying diseases. I have also seen patients suffering from different viruses. You just have to take measures,” she explained.
And why is post-COVID the biggest problem?
“Post-Covid is something we’ve been waiting for, and it’s come with frightening force. The problem is, it’s little talked about. It’s believed that 5 to 80 percent of people have post-Covid. For every disease, I’m necessary clinical studies to be done. It can appear a year, two after the disease. We will try to collect what science has collected. There are about 220 post-Covid symptoms. We will make it more accessible for people to know them. There are people who post-Covid- 19 are bedridden, and they are 40-50 years old, some of them need a lung transplant,” commented Prof. Botev.
And he stressed that we should avoid foods processed at high temperatures: ‘You can drink a spoonful of olive oil in the morning on an empty stomach and it will impact a huge number of diseases, and it will slowly fade away. Nuts you eat, eat them raw. “
5555
4
