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The vaccine remains the cheapest and most effective solution against the coronavirus, said Ernő Duda, virologist and immunobiologist at M1.
The expert cited as an example that smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in the world, but that it has now been eradicated with vaccines; vaccination across the globe cost up to five fighter jets.
It also shows that an extremely small amount has been used to end an epidemic on Earth in which hundreds of millions had previously died, the expert said according to MTI.
In his opinion, it makes no sense to think about the immunity of the herd in relation to the coronavirus, because there is not enough protection among those who have been infected. Flock immunity requires that between 60 and 90 percent of the population be infected with a particular pathogen, but this would lead to a large number of deaths from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and thus, it is not a viable option.
In the case of the coronavirus, the now-developed antibodies are likely to be effective for many years because the pathogen’s genome is quite stable due to the so-called error-correcting enzyme found in them. The influenza virus, on the other hand, bases its strategy on easily mutating, so a new type of vaccine is needed against it every year, Ernő Duda added.
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