2/3 disease experts believe vaccines ineffective in 1 year
Apr 2, 2021 23:37:53 GMT -5
Post by Honoria on Apr 2, 2021 23:37:53 GMT -5
Two-thirds of global disease experts believe coronavirus variants will make vaccines ineffective within ONE YEAR
Surveyors interviewed 77 epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists about coronavirus vaccines
A total of 66.2% said they believe that within one year, mutations of the virus will render vaccines ineffective
Of that group, 18.2% said they believed it would occur within six months and 32.5% said within nine months
Another 18.2% said vaccines would be ineffective within two years while 7.8% said they believed mutations would never cause vaccines to become ineffective
As of Tuesday, at least 10,985 cases of coronavirus variants from the UK, South Africa and Brazil have been reported across in every state
By MARY KEKATOS SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:11 EDT, 30 March 2021 | UPDATED: 00:16 EDT, 31 March 2021
Two-thirds of disease experts believe coronavirus variants will render vaccines ineffective within one year, a new survey finds.
Conducted by the People's Vaccine Alliance, about 66 percent of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists say they think that within 12 months, the virus will mutate to such a degree that first-generation vaccines will be useless at preventing infection.
Of that group, nearly one-fifth believe it would occur within six months and one-third said within nine months. Fewer than one in eight doctors said they believed that mutations would never make the vaccines currently available ineffective.
It comes as Britain's daily Covid death toll halved in a week, according to official figures, amid mounting calls for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to lift lockdown restrictions quicker.
Department of Health bosses posted 56 lab-confirmed fatalities and another 4,040 coronavirus cases — down 25 per cent on last Tuesday. And the Office for National Statistics revealed Britain had crossed the grim milestone of 150,000 deaths from the virus since the start of the pandemic.
As many as 150,116 death certificates registered between when the pandemic first reached Britain and March 19 have mentioned the virus.
England eased lockdown rules on Monday to allow groups of six people from two different households to meet.
But the United States has now hit nearly 11,000 confirmed cases of variants, including those first identified in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.
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Surveyors interviewed 77 epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists about coronavirus vaccines
A total of 66.2% said they believe that within one year, mutations of the virus will render vaccines ineffective
Of that group, 18.2% said they believed it would occur within six months and 32.5% said within nine months
Another 18.2% said vaccines would be ineffective within two years while 7.8% said they believed mutations would never cause vaccines to become ineffective
As of Tuesday, at least 10,985 cases of coronavirus variants from the UK, South Africa and Brazil have been reported across in every state
By MARY KEKATOS SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:11 EDT, 30 March 2021 | UPDATED: 00:16 EDT, 31 March 2021
Two-thirds of disease experts believe coronavirus variants will render vaccines ineffective within one year, a new survey finds.
Conducted by the People's Vaccine Alliance, about 66 percent of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists say they think that within 12 months, the virus will mutate to such a degree that first-generation vaccines will be useless at preventing infection.
Of that group, nearly one-fifth believe it would occur within six months and one-third said within nine months. Fewer than one in eight doctors said they believed that mutations would never make the vaccines currently available ineffective.
It comes as Britain's daily Covid death toll halved in a week, according to official figures, amid mounting calls for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to lift lockdown restrictions quicker.
Department of Health bosses posted 56 lab-confirmed fatalities and another 4,040 coronavirus cases — down 25 per cent on last Tuesday. And the Office for National Statistics revealed Britain had crossed the grim milestone of 150,000 deaths from the virus since the start of the pandemic.
As many as 150,116 death certificates registered between when the pandemic first reached Britain and March 19 have mentioned the virus.
England eased lockdown rules on Monday to allow groups of six people from two different households to meet.
But the United States has now hit nearly 11,000 confirmed cases of variants, including those first identified in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.
Full article with video at link