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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-22/who-s-top-covid-expert-warns-of-gaping-holes-in-virus-fight>
"Thanks largely to vaccines and better treatments, Covid-19 isn’t the global
health emergency it was in January 2020. Still, the coronavirus continues to
evolve, and ICU admissions are increasing in three regions of the world,
according to Maria Van Kerkhove, the epidemiologist who’s been World Health
Organization’s technical lead on Covid since the start of the pandemic.
More than three years later, she says she’s working at a less frenetic pace,
but with the same focus. That’s because “gaping holes” remain in both our
ability to detect new variants of concern and protect vulnerable people from
severe disease and death. SARS-CoV-2 is still circulating intensely in every
country on Earth, infecting millions of people and killing thousands each week,
Van Kerkhove told the International Nidovirus Symposium.
“The threat is not gone,” Van Kerkhove says. “The world does not want to talk
about this; the public does not want to talk about this — and we understand
this — but, as public health professionals, we have to ensure that governments
stay ready and are able to surge when necessary.”"
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: May 25, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-83525435
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
