An American doctor has published a video in which he warns of non-compliance with exercising the necessary precautions and instructions to reduce the spread of the new Corona virus, at a time when a UN official confirmed that a vaccine would allow the world to control the disease next year;
However, personal hygiene and physical distancing must continue to be maintained.
In this report, we review the latest questions about Covid-19 vaccines, and why should we not tolerate personal protection measures and social distancing, despite the good news from many Covid-19 vaccine developers in the world?
We start with Doctor Kenneth Remy - who is an American doctor in the critical care department in a hospital - who published a video clip showing him in protective clothing, warning citizens of the dangers of the Corona virus, saying, "I do not want to be the last person you look at with your frightened eyes."
"This is what you will look like when you breathe 40 times a minute, and your oxygen level is less than 80%," said Doctor Remy - and a member of the City Council of Wildwood, Missouri - adding, "I hope these are not the last moments in your life, because this is the last thing you will see in Its end, if we do not start wearing masks when we are outside, "according to what was reported by the Sanad Verification Unit in Al-Jazeera Network.
Remy appeared, begging people, saying, "This is what your children and parents will see when they catch Covid-19 at the end of their lives. I beg you, it is serious, you must exercise precautions to reduce the spread of the disease, so that we can effectively control the disease for you and your loved ones."
Please listen as this is dire.
I don't want to be the last person that looks in your frightened eyes.
#MaskUp @ DrKenRemy1 @WUSTLmed pic.twitter.com/qwb4eERlfE
- Kenneth E. Remy, MD, MHSc, FCCM (@ DrKenRemy1) November 21, 2020
Global health also stresses the need to maintain precautions
Yesterday, Thursday, the World Health Organization's chief emergency expert said that launching a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 would allow the world to gradually control the disease next year.
"Life as we used to know it, I think it is very possible, but we will have to continue to maintain personal hygiene and physical distancing," Mike Ryan told RTE television in Ireland.
"Vaccines do not mean the end of Covid ... adding vaccines will allow us, with our current measures, to really crush the curve, avoid general isolation, and gain gradual control of the disease," Ryan added.
"We have to be fully aware that we need to reduce the chances of infecting others when families carefully organize Christmas celebrations," the international official said.
This is hard to watch.
But you MUST watch it.
Please stay home, wear a mask, and practice caution.
It's NOT worth it.
#MaskUp https://t.co/u3k6Wzzuxo
- Ben (@bigbenboy) November 25, 2020
Questions must not be tolerated
It is important to maintain preventive measures despite the progress made by the vaccination procedure.
Because many question points remain.
From these points, when will the vaccine reach people? For example, in Europe, the European Medicines Agency confirmed to the French Press Agency that it may grant licenses for the first vaccinations before the end of the year or early 2021. On the basis of these dates, many countries have drawn up their plans in recent days, similar to Spain, Italy and France.
The United States, for its part, hopes to start a vaccination campaign in mid-December, once the FDA has obtained a license.
And the Chinese authorities, in turn, have given the green light for an emergency use of some vaccines manufactured by their companies.
But whatever the date of official approval for vaccines, not everyone on Earth will be vaccinated all at once.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, recently stated that "in the first stage, the quantities of the vaccine will be limited and priority will be for the most vulnerable groups."
Another important dilemma that will arise in this context is equality between poor and rich countries in obtaining vaccines.
For Gebresus, "vaccines were developed urgently, and their equitable distribution must also be urgent," adding that the poor and most fragile countries "face the risk of being ignored in the midst of the influx of vaccines."
Watch and listen to this video!
Mask up, wash your hands, practice social distancing⊠listen to this doctor đ· https://t.co/uMXy1NGAWQ
- Katie (@whatkatieluvs) November 25, 2020
The vaccine will complement other means we have
The Director-General of the Health Organization warned that "the vaccine will complement other means in our possession, and will not replace them," even if "the light at the end of the tunnel has become stronger."
In a joint report between Veronique Radier and Clément Lacombe in the French magazine "l'obs", the magazine said that the virologist and member of the French Scientific Council, Bruno Lena, declared that "this is excellent news", after announcing a draft vaccine that is 95% effective. By Pfizer, in cooperation with the German start-up BioNTech, and another 94.5% active by the biotechnology company Moderna.
The virologist commented that these ads represent a ray of light, in the absence of effective treatment, explaining that "vaccination, and if improved care reduces the death rate to about 0.7% or even 0.3%, it will enable the achievement of group immunity and exit from the quarantine and open cycle. .
On the other hand, the two authors said that laboratories must provide convincing evidence in terms of the full effectiveness and safety of vaccines, noting that the ongoing tests have not revealed any major side effects.
But the rare effects will only be known over time.
The two authors raised many sources of concern regarding the vaccine, some of which relate to the possibility of virus resistance to vaccines, knowing that this aspect has not been sufficiently studied, and others are related to the delivery of vaccines in sufficient quantities, especially as they require logistical means that are not accessible to the poor.
In the case of Pfizer, for example, the vaccine must be stored in refrigerators at a temperature of 70 degrees below zero, but in the regular refrigerator it can only be stored for a few hours, and this - as MSF pharmacologist Natalie Arnault says - "is sufficient to make a comprehensive vaccination. Very difficult in some countries with limited resources. "
Do the prospective vaccines provide long-term immunity?
In an interview with the French newspaper "Le Figaro", Marie-Paul Kenny, a virologist and expert in vaccine science, and chair of the French scientific committee for the Covid-19 vaccine, says that many details still need to be clarified during the coming period regarding Corona vaccines.
One of the main points that should be clarified, according to the French expert, is the duration of immunity provided by these vaccines, as it is necessary to verify whether the vaccine protects the body from the virus after two or 3 weeks of injection, or for a period of 6 months, or a year.
Kenny says that it is scientifically known that after two weeks of vaccination, immunity will be at its peak, after which it will gradually decrease.
Therefore, it is too early to know the nature of the immunity that these vaccines provide against Covid-19.
We will not be able to get answers, in her opinion, until the actual marketing begins, which should not take place before the end of December.
In the best case, the duration of immunity that the vaccine provides will not be known until 2 or 3 months have passed.
Kenny says it is not known if the virus is able to transmit from people who will be vaccinated or not.
Based on experiments conducted on animals, especially non-human primates, it was found that vaccinated monkeys are less likely to transmit infection than monkeys that have not been vaccinated.
If we apply these results to humans, the vaccine can prevent transmission of the virus at a high rate.
Does the vaccine eliminate the virus?
Kenny adds that the marketing licenses to be granted by health authorities to produce vaccines, in principle, will ensure that no dangerous side effects will occur.
But it is possible, she said, that there will be some side effects that will not appear until 6 months after the vaccination, while there are side effects that do not appear until after a very large number of people are vaccinated.
Although the number of clinical trials conducted on Covid-19 vaccines was large;
However, a lot of data can only be obtained during the fourth stage, that is, after marketing, according to the French expert.
And about the time it may take to completely overcome the pandemic and return to normal life, Kieny says that we should not rely too much on vaccines in order to stop the spread of the virus completely.
In this context, she explains that an article published recently confirmed that overcoming the emerging corona virus in the long term requires a 100% effective vaccine, and almost all people are vaccinated.
Kenyi concluded that controlling the epidemic well requires taking a set of measures that combine vaccination with respect for social distancing measures and quarantine.