AstraZeneca Covid vaccine creator warns next pandemic could be worse

On the current threat from the emerging Omicron variant — which was has been detected in at least 16 U.S. states according to NBC News' tally — Gilbert said that its mutations were known to increase transmissibility, while immunities gained through vaccines or prior infection could be less effective against it.

"But as we have seen before, reduced protection against infection and mild disease does not necessarily mean reduced protection against severe disease and death," she said.The Delta variant remains by far the most dominant form of the virus in the U.S., accounting for 99.

Gilbert was delivering the annual Richard Dimbleby Lecture, named after a pioneering BBC broadcaster who died in 1965, where an expert in business, science or politics explains a topical issue. Previous speakers include World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde and Bill Gates.

Well, she works at the drug company - what else would she be required to say?

E Kosi jae 😤😤

We have been warned, but the last 2 years with COVID-19 shows that human stupidity knows no bounds.

I wonder, will scientists create this next virus as well?

Only if the Chinese stop messing around and tell us what they did

'The next wave will be the deadliest, be sure to buy my book and shop at my clothes for cats website' Yeah okay, sure thing, so anyways...

Ok. So What should I do?

Yay!! Thanks for the positivity!!

Wow they still don’t know about this one but they know about the next one?

Well I sure fucking hope so cause this one ain't much of a pandemic! I know ppl that got vaxxed so they can go to restaurants. It would be nice to have a pandemic where ppl get vaxxed to save themselves.

Should we start lock downs? 🤪🤪🤪🤪

Let's take a look at the WIV's database to see what's next. Oh wait, they deleted that.

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Save your life Americans, don’t give it to a pandemic! Get vaccinated! 👏🤔

Begs another question with the COVID pandemic: how much more lethal would COVID have to be to get antivaxxers to vaccinate? Current mutations seem to push up infectiousness but if COVID were as lethal as Ebola, I doubt we'd be seeing much vaccine hesitancy...

Where is the money going to and from what.

Stop predicting, we need to just live our lives, we can’t keep listening to these predictions that don’t pan out. Protect yourself and enjoy what life we have left.

Or…it could not be worse.

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