Another pandemic will threaten human lives and could be 'more contagious' and 'more lethal' than the one caused by this coronavirus, warned one of the inventors of the Oxford / AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, Professor Sarah Gilbert, who claimed that scientific advances made in research against deadly viruses "must not be lost."
More lethal than COVID-19
"We cannot allow a situation in which we have been through everything we have been through, and then we find that the enormous economic losses we have suffered mean that there are still no funds to prepare for a pandemic, " explains the expert whose vaccine developed by her equipment is used in more than 170 countries around the world.
“Until we know more, we must be cautious and take steps to curb the spread of this new variant. But, as we have seen before, reduced protection against infections and minor illnesses does not necessarily mean reduced protection against serious illnesses and death, "he continues.
This is unlikely to be the last virus to threaten our lives, and the next pandemic could prove more contagious and more deadly. “The truth is that the next one could be worse. It could be more contagious, more deadly, or both . "
Gilbert's work specializes in developing vaccines against influenza , malaria, and emerging viral pathogens, so when news of SARS-CoV-2 began to emerge, he quickly caught his attention, joining the research for the development of a vaccine.
