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Serbia is seeing an increase in the number of people suffering from the corona virus, and the situation in the region and beyond is alarming. Epidemiologist Branislav Tiodorović and crisis staff member, Usijanje Kurir televizija, answers questions about when we will acquire herd immunity and what kind of epidemiological winter awaits us.
Tiodorović agreed with the assessment of his fellow epidemiologist, Dr. Predrag Kon, that the infection rate of the population in Serbia is highly likely to be between 15 and 20 percent. Many people have been in contact with the virus, although detailed studies have yet to confirm it.
Translated into common parlance, that would mean 1.7 million people were in contact with the virus, although detailed studies by the Belgrade Medical School have yet to confirm this. Most of them reacted immunologically quickly and did not show any symptoms, but they were still carriers of the disease.
Also, on the Usijanje show, Dr. Tiodorović reveals what research has shown on the connection between a person’s blood type and the potential for the disease, why children under the age of ten will not be vaccinated even when the vaccine is available and why they rarely get sick and have mild clinical pictures.
Dr Tiodorović recalled that citizens can expect better days only when herd immunity is acquired, and it will not be there before vaccination or widespread infection, which carries its own risks.
His colleague Predrag Kon said that between 15 and 20 percent of the population of Serbia had already been in contact with the virus and acquired some kind of immunity, is it possible?
– I agree with my colleague, although he most likely had data from Belgrade. I think that this figure, that is, the percentage, is close to reality, because we had many more of those who had a clearer or asymptomatic picture, especially when it comes to young people. And then the body can fight more easily and create some kind of immunity. When you look at various serious scientific journals and studies, you have various interpretations, from the fact that there are many more of those who have acquired immunity, and there are those who say, you see, some have no immunity at all. Someone can get infected and get sick again, but that is a rare situation and a small number, Tiodorović said in “Usijanje” on Kurir television, emphasizing that the number of those being tested for herd immunity should be higher.
(Kurir.rs)
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