Humans are thought to need the corona vaccine periodically for life.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – A scientist who is a former chief scientific advisor to the British government, Prof. Mark Walport, said corona virus will be around forever. He said people likely need routine vaccinations against it.
Reporting from the page The Guardian, Sunday (23/8), Walport who is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for emergencies equates disease Covid-19 with influenza. Therefore, repeated injections of the vaccine on a global scale are almost certainly necessary to control it.
In an interview with BBC Radio, he assessed that the corona virus would not become a disease like smallpox. Namely a disease that can be eradicated by vaccination.
“This is a virus that will be with us forever in some form or another and will almost certainly need repeated vaccinations. So, like flu, people need to be revaccinated regularly, “he said.
Walport said there was a chance the virus could get out of control again. That would be the case, if the percentage of positive tests increased across the UK as the R number was between 0.9 and 1.1. But he said more targeted and localized measures could be used rather than lockdowns.
The scientist did not hide his worries about the spread of the virus. “You just have to look at what happened in France, Spain and in South Korea, which managed to get it under control very quickly and now have an increase in cases. And this infection is on us, “he said.
He noted the current state of England. According to him, currently less than one in five people across the UK have contracted the virus. And 80 percent of people in the UK remain vulnerable to Covid-19.
“It’s a terrible balance between trying to minimize harm to people from infection while keeping society going,” he said.
Although people have strongly argued and argued that implementing lockdowns is not the solution to the pandemic. However, researchers will target that approach.
He warned cruel measures could be enacted if the virus gets out of control. It will be a great tragedy, where many people at home will be receiving treatment because they have contracted the virus. And many people have died after people were discharged from hospital returning to care while infected with the coronavirus.
His comments came after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said the world must be able to bring the pandemic under control within two years. WHO General Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it took two years to overcome the Spanish flu in the early 20th century. However, technological advances have allowed Covid-19 to be stopped in a shorter time.
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