Hong Kong professor and microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung is considered one of the world’s best in his field. He led the team that identified and isolated the virus that causes COVID-19, or SARS-CoV-2.
New pandemic? Hong Kong scientist’s ‘terrifying predictions’
– Both the public and world leaders must acknowledge that the next pandemic will come, probably sooner than you expect – said Yuen Kwok-yung at the city’s Queen Mary Hospital, where he works and lectures. – My forecast is so frightening because it is clear that geopolitical, economic and climatic changes are happening rapidly – he added, quoted in a dispatch by the French news agency AFP, which was published among others by the portal “”.
According to the microbiologist, politicians need to “come to their senses” and find solutions to “global existential threats”. Yuen emphasizes that instead of focusing on “national or regional interests”, world leaders should pay attention to something completely different. In the scientist’s opinion, it is the rapidly changing climate combined with emerging infectious diseases that should be their highest priority. “This is something so important that we should not ignore it,” he emphasized.
Medical ‘Detective’ Yuen Kwok-yung Describes Wuhan Market as ‘Crime Scene’
Yuen Kwok-yung described it as a “crime scene”. It was there that the first cluster of coronavirus cases was detected. He also sparked controversy with his words that the sale and consumption of wild animals is a result of low culture of the Chinese. Today, the scientist chooses his words more carefully and tries to avoid political topics, but he maintains that understanding the causes of COVID-19 is key. “It is important to conduct the investigation properly, in a very open and transparent way. So that we can draw conclusions for the future in terms of preventing pandemics,” Yuen says. The Hong Kong scientist, together with experts from mainland China and the United States, has established a “research alliance” aimed at exchanging information and research on future threats. “Stopping or hindering this exchange is a bad idea. If we do not talk about it, another pandemic will come and we will have to pay a huge price again,” he explained.
Source: Gazeta
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