A leading scientist behind the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine said that Covid-19 is unlikely to become a more deadly form that can escape the vaccine because “the virus does not have much to go” and will eventually cause the common cold. Mrs. Sarah Gilbert spoke at the Royal Society of Medicine webinar, refuting concerns about new, more deadly variants. According to the British “Times” report, she said: “We usually see that the easier the virus is to spread, the lower the virulence, so there is no reason to think that we will have a more toxic version of Sars-CoV-2.” “There are not many places where viruses can escape immunity but are still truly infectious.” She said the virus “becomes less virulent” through the population, adding: “There is no reason to think that we will have a more virulent version of Sars-CoV-2.” “We have coexisted with four different human coronaviruses. We have never really considered these coronaviruses. Eventually, Sars-CoV-2 will become one.” These other coronaviruses can cause the common cold, and Mrs. Gilbert said: “Ultimately, Sars-CoV-2 will be one of them.” “It’s just a question, how long will it take to get there, and what measures must we take to manage it.” The 59-year-old man led a team at the Jenner Institute of Oxford University to develop the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, which is the most widely distributed vaccine in the world. The above remarks came as the Chief Medical Officer of England, Professor Chris Whitty, warned that almost all uninfected children will be infected with Covid-19 sometime in the future, and nearly half of young people are already infected with the virus. .
