Sekler on whether to worry about Covid in Shanghai: There'll be new variants, here's what autopsies will show

Dr. Milanko Sekler says that epidemiological measures are being abolished around the world for economic reasons

Virologist and microbiologist Dr. Milanko Sekler told the K1 broadcaster that nothing unusual is happening in Shanghai, although all the global media are "buzzing" about the number of people infected and dying from coronavirus in this Chinese city.

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"Why is it unusual that in a city of 26 million inhabitants there are hundreds of infected and several deaths, when that is also happening in our country of six million inhabitants? Many elderly people in China are still not vaccinated. This is a cultural problem, because the young and able-bodied are happy to be vaccinated, but the older ones are more geared toward traditional medicine. Most of the population in China is treated with teas and herbs," Sekler told the Uranak morning show, and added:

"China has about 100 million unvaccinated people older than 100. Their vaccines are less effective against Omicron, but the Chinese have also reported that the Omicron strain causes mild symptoms."

Sekler explained that China differs from the rest of the world in how it records deaths from Covid.

"In their statistics, only those people who were completely healthy, and who contracted Covid and died, are counted as dying from Covid. The elderly and people with chronic and malignant diseases who die after contracting Covid, do not count as dying from Covid but from their primary disease. They have taken such a stance as a state and they insist on it. Of the 440,000 new cases in the last few weeks, only one died," he remarked.

He said that epidemiological measures around the world are being lifted for economic reasons.

"It's clear to everyone why the measures are being abolished in those countries where people traditionally rest and go on vacation. I know a young man who was in Greece a few weeks ago, he is under 18 and in order to enter the country he had to be vaccinated. He had to show a certificate at the entrance to each facility and he could not enter many because he received only two doses, and the policy of many owners of stores and hospitality venues is such that only persons who received a booster dose can enter. The announced lifting of measures is for purely economic reasons, to attract tourists," said Sekler and added:

"I guess we have learned something in these two years: we know that during warm days, when people spend much more time outdoors, the process of virus transmission is weaker. About 50 percent of people have been vaccinated in Serbia, and although it is low, it is effective. The European average of vaccination is about 75 percent."

Sekler said that our doctors have autopsy data conducted by their colleagues from other countries during the Covid pandemic.

"Autopsies have been performed all the time in many countries around the world and scientific papers with autopsy results are being published. Our doctors monitor it and know everything perfectly. There is an exchange of data. All the countries that had the conditions performed autopsies normally, and now we can do them as well, because we have created the conditions required by the World Health Organization. The goal is that those who perform them are not endangered and that the place is not a source of infection. We know that the greatest amount of virus is in those people who have fallen ill and died of Covid, in their lungs, fluids, tissue and mucus, and the person who performs the autopsy is exposed to it. We will be able to compare the global with our own results and see with our own eyes how the virus affects the organism," said Dr. Sekler.

Sekler said that the virus remains with us and that it is absolutely clear that new variants will appear from time to time.

"The main characteristic of the virus is that over time and due to vaccines, it partially changes its properties. Decades of experience in animals suggest that a combination of vaccines provides adequate protection. The same thing will happen with people. Vaccines serve to curb the first wave of the new virus to which humanity is susceptible, to prevent high mortality and mass infection, and to prevent hospitalization. The first cases in 2020 were very severe, the mortality rate was high. Vaccines have drastically reduced mortality, and those who become infected even after vaccination have significantly milder symptoms. The combination of different vaccines is the most effective with additional infection, which gives hybrid immunity and makes life easier. The virus will stay with us, it will adapt and achieve a balance so that it does not cause so much damage."

(Telegraf.rs)