In Europe and some US states, soften or completely cancel the coronaivirus restrictions. However, WHO is warned that the pandemic is not completed yet, and scientists do not exclude that a new strain that will come for “Omicron” may cause much more harm than its predecessor.
Leading British scientists warn that the future version of COVID-19 can be much more dangerous and lead to a much larger number of deaths and cases of serious diseases than “Omicron”. About it reports The Guardian.
Specialists believe that care must be careful when the last restrictions on COVID are canceled, and require the government to submit substantiations in support of the decision on the termination of all prohibitions.
Epidemist Professor Mark Vulhouse from the University of Edinburgh stressed the danger of widely distributed opinion, which, following the “Omicron” and other coronavirus options will continue to have a milder effect. “Obid Omikron version did not happen from the” Delta “option. It originated from a completely different part of the genealogical tree of the virus. And since we do not know where the genealogical tree of the virus appears a new option, we cannot know how much it can be pathogenic. He It may be less pathogenic, but with the same ease can be more pathogenic, “the words of the scientist” Russian Gazeta “leads.
This point of view was supported by a virologist, Professor Lawrence Young from Jorik University: “People seem to think that the linear evolution of the virus from Alfa to” Bethe “has occurred, from” Delta “to” Oomikron “. But it’s just not The case. The idea that viral versions will definitely continue to become softer, incorrect. A new can be even more pathogenic than, for example, “Delta” -variant. “
Dr. David Nabarro, the World Health Organization in COVID-19, also emphasized the uncertainty of how future options can behave: “After” Oomikron “there will be more options, and if they are more contagious, they will dominate. besides , they can cause various forms of diseases, in other words, they may be more deadly or have more long-term consequences. “
In WHO, it is emphasized that the pandemic is far from completion, David Nabarro called the authorities of different countries to take into account the possibility of a sharp increase in the number of patients who need inpatient care.