Famed virologist Dr. Ana Gligic says this should be investigated: "Nobody who owns a cat got sick?"

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Dr. Ana Gligic is guided by the slogan - until something is scientifically proven, it does not exist for her. And as she says, she does not answer questions at all on topics that are not scientifically proven. We spoke with her about forecasts for the upcoming coronavirus peak, the content of the vaccine, and animal carriers of coronavirus...

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There will be no second wave of coronavirus

We are still in the first wave of coronavirus, what lies ahead is occasional decline and increase in the number of cases. There will be more peaks, but there will be no second wave, says Dr. Gligic.

"Coronavirus will be among us for a long time and will occasionally create problems for us. There are fears about the autumn meeting of the flu and coronavirus because both viruses have an affinity for the respiratory tract, so with a simultaneous infection, the same person with both viruses would have a bad prognosis."

"As for the next, second wave of coronavirus, I don't think it will happen, as I have been stating previously, because I knew that this first wave would last a long time. The second wave will occur when we stop the emergence of new coronavirus cases among the population for a long time, then it reappears in the form of group diseases in an epidemic form or in a pandemic - that will be the second wave. This is because viruses originating from certain wild animals and the only flying mammal (bat) are difficult to study and even more difficult to eradicate.

Projects needed to explore coronavirus in everything that surrounds us

Dr. Gligic believes that the reason for varying clinical pictures in humans are different strains of the virus, ie. that it all depends on the original carrier, what kind of animal that was. The research examining that is a long process that lasts two, three, four years. In two years, we will have more detailed knowledge about this virus, she said.

"I expect that there will be projects that would explore everything that surrounds us. We need to examine all these different strains of coronavirus, what they are, and what they can cause in humans. But it is a long process that takes years, and it is done according to a project. I was the lead in four international projects with a laboratory from Atlanta, the UU Army, and Korea, and we tested various viruses. We have proven that mouse fever has four strains and it all depends on what type of mouse passes it on to humans. For example, if it is from a field mouse - human mortality is 16 percent, and if it comes from rats, then it's 1 percent. These are differences in the clinical picture, because it depends on which host in nature passes coronavirus on. It jumped from bats to domestic animals... even an entire turkey farm was destroyed because coronavirus attacked it."

Cats are resistant to coronavirus?

Interesting articles have appeared on the topic of cats carrying coronavirus virus. What's interesting is that cats may be immune to it. Such studies are very difficult to research, and even more difficult to prove.

"If we had a project, we would examine all those animals that we come in contact with, and see what types of coronavirus they carry and what it can do to humans... This will certainly be discovered in a year or two. There are articles that say not a single person who keeps a domestic cat in their apartment got sick. Nobody who has a cat got sick! That means that the cat's coronavirus is giving immunity even to this strain of coronavirus that is now circulating... So that needs to be investigated, proven."

Possible allergic reaction to the vaccine

The Russians produced the first vaccine, which received official registration in the Ministry of Health of Russia; it can be registered in the EU only after extensive clinical trials.

"For the vaccine against coronavirus, those were chosen that vrifiably cannot not harm humans. And then they added to them only that piece of coronavirus that affects the human immune system to produce antibodies. All this is calculated on paper and you can see exactly what the vaccine provides. Also, the vaccine must be diluted with something, it can be a physiological solution with the addition of calf serum. Now, a person can be allergic to the ingredients that are added... And they can develop a fever as a reaction - but not coronavirus. But, the vaccine must be diluted with something," concluded Dr. Gligic.

(Telegraf.rs)