COVID-19 to disappear no sooner than summer of 2021, Russian scientist says

COVID-19 to disappear no sooner than summer of 2021, Russian scientist says
# 26 August 2020 17:15 (UTC +04:00)

The novel coronavirus infection will most likely have three waves and it would be possible to return to the accustomed way of living only by the summer of 2021, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Center for Immunology and Molecular Biomedicine of the Moscow State University, professor Mikhail Paltsev said to the Telegram channel of the Russian anti-coronavirus internet hotline, APA reports citing TASS.

"Assuming that in the summer the incidence decreased and there are grounds to presume that it will increase in the fall, then yes, there are three seasons - spring, autumn, spring. And it is possible to presume that by the summer of next year we will already return to the usual way of life," he said.

According to the scientist, historically all viral pandemics were occurring in three waves. The first wave is rather strong, the second one is even stronger, and the third one is less potent due to the formation of herd immunity. Academician reiterated that, for example, the Spanish flu occurred in three waves (the Spanish influenza, the pandemic of which was the most massive one in the history of humankind) at the beginning of last century.

"It is believed that herd immunity begins to form when over 60% of the population have had the disease and when 95% had it, the infection disappears. Those are theoretical conclusions, but they are confirmed by the majority of authors, including practicing doctors. We’ll see. The virus is new that is why it is necessary to study, to observe, to accumulate statistics," the scientist said.

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