New strains of COVID-19[feminine han causat alarma i preocupació al Regne Unit i Sud-Àfrica, amb molta gent preocupada, les mutacions podrien complicar els esforços vacunals que recentment han començat.
Tanmateix, almenys un metge va expressar l’optimisme que els tirs recentment desenvolupats també podrien ser efectius contra les soques mutades del virus.
“Hi ha bones raons per creure que les vacunes seran efectives”, va dir la doctora Uzma Syed a “CBS This Morning: Saturday”.
Ella va continuar, “De fet, els fabricants els estan provant perquè la vacuna produeix immunitat de moltes maneres diferents”.
La soca mutada del virus detectada al Regne Unit ha obligat a vuitanta països a tancar les seves fronteres a la nació insular. Els Estats Units exigiran als viatgers que presentin una prova negativa del COVID-19 abans d’embarcar en els seus vols.
El doctor Anthony Fauci també ho era va preguntar sobre la nova soca en una entrevista amb Anne Marie Green dimecres de la CBSN, i també va minimitzar possibles preocupacions.
“Aquesta vacuna no deriva … no deriva de la manera com la grip [vaccine] yes, ”he said, expressing confidence that adjustments will be made if necessary.
He added that most viral mutations, such as those that normally occur with the flu virus, “have no relevant functional impact.”
Fauci also said the flu changed at a faster rate than COVID-19 looks like, and that current Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are different from past inoculations and will likely resist these mutations.
Dr. Syed, who heads the COVID-19 working group at Good Samaritan Hospital in Long Island, New York, urged Americans to be more concerned with keeping up with health guidelines. of COVID-19.
“The most important thing to remember is that the tools we have to combat the transmission of this virus are still effective against this variant, and include wearing a mask, distancing yourself socially and really avoiding meetings inside with people who are they find it outside their home, “she said.
Syed’s advice comes as post-pandemic travel has reached a new high, with the TSA reporting that more than 7 million people have been authorized to fly outside U.S. airports the week before Christmas.
Syed considered “alarming” the increase in travel along with the winter weather forcing more meetings to be held indoors.
“Our hospitals are already full of patients,” he said. “We want people to know with more than 300,000 people who have lost their lives. We are doing everything we can to save lives every day.”
Syed urges those who must travel to be quarantined before and after their arrival.
“In fact, taking a negative test just before the trip doesn’t clear you of the infection,” he explained. “You may be incubating, being exposed during your trip. So it is very prudent to continue in quarantine after you have reached your destination for about two weeks.”