Doctor Miljko Ristic claims coronavirus has mutated, now making young people those most vulnerable

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A difficult clinical picture is also possible in young people and, according to statistics, they are currently the most endangered, says cardiac surgeon Doctor Miljko Ristic. He adds that the possibility of contracting various diseases is the same for different populations, while this is not the case with coronavirus.

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Coronavirus has proved to be extremely cunning, and we discovered that we didn't know many things about it, cardiac surgeon Miljko Ristic has told Pink.

"We thought that the virus would find it harder to survive in high temperatures, which is obviously not the case. Those who have contracted coronavirus are easily infected a second time, only a few months after the first infection, and the risk of getting the same disease is the same for younger and for older people," says Ristic.

He adds that the fact that a severe clinical picture is possible in young people is also attracting attention, and that statistical data shows that this population is currently the most endangered. He points out that the possibility of contracting getting various diseases is the same for different populations, so malignant diseases are found in both young and old people, but young people last longer battling these conditions. This is not the case with coronavirus.

"In private conversations, pulmonology experts pointed out to me that the virus seems to have mutated and is much more pathogenic and malignant than it was at the beginning of the epidemic. Time will show whether this claim is true," says Doctor Ristic.

According to the data of the Crisis HQ, younger people up to the age of 50 are the population that is currently getting sick the most and make up as much as 60 percent of the total number of new coronavirus cases.

"We do not have a group with the same number of elderly people who get sick, to be able to say that young people develop a more severe clinical picture, while older people have a more favorable one. Time needs to pass for this as well, with the help of which these experiences will get their medical backing," the doctor said.

Bubonic plague

Bubonic plague is the most massive infection that took the largest number of victims - about 50 million people lost their lives in the 14th century from this disease, says the cardiac surgeon. He explains that the cause of the plague is a bacteria, which is a favorable circumstance, because different antibiotics act on the cause.

"The plague is mainly transmitted by rodents, primarily mice and fleas, which easily infect domestic animals - dogs and cats. That is why you should pay attention to pets," says Doctor Ristic.

He points out that the plague can be treated quickly with antibiotics if it is detected in time, but that the mortality rate is very high. As many as one third of patients die if treatment doesn't start quickly enough.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)