The immunology expert is one of the main speakers at the “Congress of the Future”, an event that is organized every year in Chile.
The White House medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, assured that it is “very unlikely” that the coronavirus “will be eradicated”, when participating this Tuesday in a videoconference in the Congress of the Future that takes place in Chile.
“It is very unlikely that this will be eradicated. We have achieved it only with the smallpox virus. In addition, given its high degree of transmissibility and the fact that many people do not want to be vaccinated, as in the United States, it will be difficult to eliminate, ”said the adviser to the US president, Joe Biden, in a video.
The immunology expert is one of the main speakers at the “Congress of the Future”, an event that is organized every year in Chile and brings together experts from around the world to talk about the world’s challenges.
Fauci said that he does consider it possible to control the virus “at a certain level, through vaccination” and by the effect “of a population that has already been infected and has sufficient low-level immunity.”
In this way, it will be possible to learn to live with the coronavirus, “without this posing a threat” to health, hospital systems and the economy, the expert added.
To this end, he marked as essential the booster shots, which generate a notable increase in antibodies.
“We know from studies that the rates of hospitalization, serious illness and death are much lower in those who received the third booster dosecompared to those who received only two doses,” Fauci said.
He also added that the booster doses “work against omicron”, the “currently challenging the world” variant.
“What happens with omicron in several countries is a vertical increase, quite radical compared to delta. Please note that South Africa seems to have already reached its peak and it is falling sharply. We are seeing indications of that in other countries like the United Kingdom and the United States,” Fauci said.
According to a count of AFP based on official data, currently registered 329 million infections and 5.5 million deaths in the world caused by covid-19. (I)
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