Six months after the Corona virus is present, we must mention what we learned about this pandemic. To start with, we do not know exactly yet when the virus began infecting humans, but as we entered June we say that Corona has been with us for six months. So far, the virus has no real identity.
At the beginning of last January, the news media reported strange symptoms leading to dozens of deaths in the large Chinese city of Wuhan. Although much of it is still unknown and mysterious, there are things that we know very well.
As we enter the summer season, countries work to ease quarantine, open markets, and fewer injuries. There are about a hundred scientific teams in the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the disease. But the virus is not over and it seems that we will live with this epidemic for a long time, perhaps a year or more. Gags, social spacing, good hand washing and keeping away from family and friends will remain the best steps to stay away from illness, even at an unknown time.
"This virus can cause another pandemic in our societies, and it can never end," said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's health emergency program, warning last month.
And it seems that the expectations that millions of vaccine doses will be ready by the end of this year are greatly exaggerated, as no vaccine has yet been made so quickly.
But the development of a drug to treat corona, or at least prevent its exacerbation into acute conditions, makes it less dangerous that is currently required. But there is no such drug yet, as "Remisdivir" experts still put many question marks on him.
There are many unconfirmed things about this disease, as healthy adults and children can worsen the disease, and lead to their death other than what is known, and also there are 35% of patients who have no symptoms at all, but they can cause infection to others if they contact them . There are many questions without clear answers, such as: Can workplaces be made safe? What about trains, subways, planes and schools? How many people can work from home? When is the right time to reopen schools? How do we make the six-year-olds commit to social distancing?
The hard fact remains for us to wear masks and social estrangement. And when the cold season begins, we can take a flu vaccine to protect us from any respiratory disease. As for hope for a treatment, medicine or vaccine, we must be patient at the present time.