Just when it was over, bad news came. British Professor warned against the new pandemic: We have no natural protection

Creation Date: August 30, 2022 10:47

The world, which has been fighting the coronavirus for more than 2 years, has been experiencing bird flu panic in recent days. After the news from England, the world is once again alarmed. The British professor explained the worst-case scenario and warned for the winter months with the words ‘We have no natural protection’.

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Coming into our lives in the last months of 2019 coronavirus (Covid-19) It has cost millions of lives around the world.

The virus, which causes us to leave many of our habits behind, continues to change its shell, so to speak.

While many countries decide to relax after the more contagious but less lethal variant of Omicron EnglandThe news from ‘ has once again alarmed the world.

WARNING: DO NOT TOUCH UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

After dead birds washed ashore on Scotland and its east coast islands, the Cornwall Wildlife Trust issued a warning urging the public to stay away from sick or dead seabirds and “under no circumstances touch the animals”.

British Daily Mail newspaper ‘The next epidemic bird flu me?’ According to the news titled, the virus has been detected in more than 22 million birds and poultry worldwide since September 2021.

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Professor Paul Hunter, an infectious disease specialist at the University of East Anglia, underlined that the question ‘Will bird flu cause an epidemic among humans’ is meaningless and said, ‘The question we need to ask is when will it happen’.

“These are very random events and you can never predict exactly when they will happen, but the more these cases, the higher the risk,” Hunter told MailOnline.

Keith Neal, professor emeritus in the epidemiology of infectious diseases at the University of Nottingham, said the biggest viral threat this winter is normal. flu believes it is.

Just when it was over, bad news came. British Professor warned against the new pandemic: We have no natural protection

The 1918-1919 flu pandemic (Spanish Flu) infected nearly 500 million people and killed at least 50 million.

“Our immune systems are thought to have been severely weakened during the past two and a half years of quarantines and limited social interactions,” Neal said.

WORST SCENARIO: A COMBINATION OF TWO FLU

Saying ‘We know the seasonal flu is coming’, Neal explained the worst-case scenario with these words;

‘The more seasonal and avian flu circulate, the greater the risk that the two will interact and cause a major genetic change’

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‘WE HAVE NO NATURAL PROTECTION’

Underlining that he believes normal flu will be the next pandemic in order of probability, Neal said, “But the bigger concern is bird flu because if this spreads, we have no natural protection.”

HOW IS BIRD FLU TRANSMITTED?

Avian Flu is caused by a virus belonging to the influenza family. Most avian flu viruses do not cause illness in humans. However, some subtypes can be transmitted to humans.

Infected birds spread the avian flu virus with their saliva, mucous and faeces. Bird flu disease can be transmitted to humans through close or direct contact with sick or dead poultry.

Human infections with bird flu viruses can occur when the virus enters a person’s eyes, nose, or mouth through dirty hands, or when airborne viruses are inhaled.

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