– The virus has been with us for six months. Have we managed to achieve something? Where are we? – asked Odeta Moro in Onet Rano. -The chances of getting a vaccine are quite high. When it comes to the drug, it looks much worse – said the program’s guest, virologist Dr. Tomasz Dzieśćtkowski.
– Please note that at least nine vaccine candidates are in the final phase of clinical trials. The chances of getting a vaccine are quite high. As for the drug, it looks a lot worse. We still don’t have a targeted drug. Its development is ongoing. It always takes a long time and longer than the development of vaccines – said the expert at Onet Rano.
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Dr. Dzieiątkowski noticed that the mortality rate caused by coronavirus infection has significantly decreased. “We got to know the biology of the virus better,” he noted.
– But it is said that it also kills the young, and not only the very mature ones »- notes Odeta Moro. – Severe forms of COVID-19 will much more often affect seniors with other diseases and men. But anyone can become infected with COVID-19 – reminds the expert.
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