Statistics in the world. Warnings from experts about the pandemic

 COVID -19 variants are still dangerous

Infection with the mutant variant of COVID-19 remains a threat to humanity. Doctors warn that people who have been infected with COVID-19 can completely become infected with another variant.

More and more variants of the corona virus appear to be different from the one that was first discovered in Wuhan, China. Beta, Delta, and Omicron variants may increase the likelihood of reinfecting people who have recovered from earlier versions of the virus. However, the vaccines in use seem to offer significant protection from severe complications caused by the variants.

COVID-19 and its variants are not going away anytime soon, which is why experts want a more unified approach to vaccine development and delivery going forward.

Experts are trying to figure out the common ground between all the different variants.

Will the current vaccine be effective against the new variants?

Studies have shown that some of the immune responses of currently used vaccines may be less effective against the new variant.

People who have been vaccinated should follow changes in guidance from the CDC, while continuing to take precautions to reduce the risk of infection, such as wearing a mask, social distancing, and hand hygiene. 

Vaccines are the key to controlling the virus

Even with new variants, vaccines will be key to controlling the virus.

“The only way to prevent COVID-19 is to get vaccinated,” said Dr. Panagis Galiatsatou, associate professor of medicine and specialist in pulmonary diseases and critical care at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Vaccines are weapons to turn COVID-19 into a common cold. Immunizing more people will be able to help end this pandemic and help people learn to adapt to COVID-19.

Quite dangerous variations will appear in low-income places

Experts warn the virus will be difficult to manage in the long run if less developed countries and communities do not have access to a vaccine.

Glenda Gray, executive director of the South African Medical Research Council, said: “As long as there are areas in the world where the virus can thrive and new mutations emerge, all of them. We will be susceptible to these new variations.”

Quite dangerous variations in the future could come from low- and middle-income countries, experts predict.

Still need to be careful

Some experts say the new CDC guidelines are appropriate, but others express concern that the recommendations do not explain the unknowns of the pandemic.

Dr. Gerald E. Harmon, president of the American Medical Association, said in a statement responding to the CDC's new recommendations that he would continue to wear a mask "in most indoor public settings" and he urged all Americans to do the same.

"We must remain adaptive and vigilant to confront this unpredictable virus," said Dr. Harmon.

Dr. Lynn R. Goldman, dean of the School of Public Health at the Milken Institute at George Washington University, said: "Things are getting better, but we're still not at the point where we're getting over this pandemic."

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