“Evolutionary biologists believe that the virus mutates in this direction to stay afloat, that is, stay in the environment as long as possible and infect people who carry it further,” the drug explained. Bartosz Fiałek, physician and promoter of medical knowledge on COVID-19, who was today Beata Tadla’s guest in the “Onet Rano” program.
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– I would be most afraid of a situation in which a new virus would bypass our immunity. This would mean that vaccines will cease to be effective and that antibodies acquired after infection will be ineffective, that regardless of whether we get vaccinated or fall ill, further infections will be possible – explained Fiałek.
As the doctor explained in an interview with Beata Tadla, even the Delta variant, which was more infectious than previous mutations, responded to the vaccine. – If a vaccine-resistant variant appears, we will have to wait 3-4 months for a new vaccine. – I am afraid of such a variant, although virologists say that the probability of such a scenario is small.
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