Should you be concerned about the new coronavirus strains?
UB Expert says don t panic
Governor Andrew Cuomo has sounded the alarm over a new coronavirus strain discovered in the United Kingdom, but Dr. Thomas Russo, Chief of Infectious Disease at the University at Buffalo s Jacobs School of Medicine, says don t panic.
and last updated 2020-12-21 17:39:09-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Governor Andrew Cuomo has sounded the alarm over a new coronavirus strain discovered in the United Kingdom, but Dr. Thomas Russo, Chief of Infectious Disease at the University at Buffalo s Jacobs School of Medicine, says don t panic. The new coronavirus like all virus, like all viruses, is able to mutate. This new virus has been mutating slowly since it was first described back at the end of December in 2019, Dr. Russo said.
Anyone who wants a vaccine may be able to get one by sometime next summer.
Enough people will get vaccinated that herd immunity will end the pandemic as safely and quickly as possible.
This would be the ideal outcome for the end to a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people and sickened tens of millions worldwide.
Expect something more complicated to unfold in real time. People do have legitimate concerns about whether this is being done right and, of course, there s been a lot of noise and concern that the timelines might be driven by politics instead of by science, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, told health care reporters last month during an online Covid-19 treatment summit.