Cailianshe (Shanghai, editor Zhao Hao) reported that Pfizer predicted last Friday (December 17) that the new crown pandemic will not end until 2024, but will develop into an endemic epidemic.
Pfizer chief scientific officer Mikael Dolsten said in a report to investors that the company expects that some regions will continue to maintain pandemic levels within the next one or two years. At the same time, the virus will transition to "endemic" epidemic levels in other regions.
When people have enough immunity after being vaccinated or after being cured, even if the virus is spreading, it can control transmission, hospitalization and death, then the new coronavirus will reach an endemic level. Dolsten hinted that the situation may not occur before 2024, and the new coronavirus will continue to be epidemic around the world.
Mikael Dolsten
Nante, Global President of Pfizer Vaccine Cocero also said on an investor call last Friday, "We believe that new crown may transition to an endemic epidemic state in 2024."
Dolsten emphasized that the time of the transition to an endemic epidemic may vary from place to place, "When this situation occurs and how it transitions will depend on the evolution of diseases in various regions, the deployment of medical care and vaccines, and whether vaccines can be fairly distributed in areas with low vaccination rates. Of course, the emergence of new variants may also affect the process." This prediction of
Pfizer was made after the emergence of a new strain of Omickron last month. Compared with the original version of the virus, Omickron has more than 50 mutations, and there are more than 30 mutations on its spike protein alone. This has reduced the anti-infection effect of the two-dose vaccine and rekindled concerns about the rapid spread of the virus around the world.
Before the emergence of the new Omickron strain, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser for the White House , predicted that the pandemic will end in the United States in 2022.
U.S. vaccine immunity is suspected
On November 19, Eastern Time, two U.S. senators announced they were infected with the new coronavirus. Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren posted on his personal social media that he tested positive for the new coronavirus that day. Warren said he received regular coronavirus tests and was tested negative earlier this week.
Warren said she only had mild symptoms at present, and she attributed it to the new crown vaccine and the protective effect of the vaccine enhanced shot. Warren also urged all those who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine to get vaccinated and vaccine-enhancing shots as soon as possible.
Elizabeth Warren
Hours after Warren announced his infection, Sen. Cory Booker, Democratic New Jersey, also posted on social media that he tested positive for the new coronavirus. Booker said that has been completely vaccinated with the new crown vaccine and a booster vaccine, and emphasized that if you are not vaccinated with the new crown vaccine, you will definitely show serious symptoms. More than
American vaccine manufacturers have admitted that there will still be breakthrough cases even if they are vaccinated with enhanced shots, but the infection news of the two blockbuster senators in Congress may make more Americans skeptical of the vaccine in terms of immunization of the virus. According to a South African laboratory data, the effectiveness of Pfizer's two doses of the new crown vaccine in preventing Omickron's symptomatic infections is only 22.5%.
Pfizer claims that the existing vaccines can still provide strong protection for hospitalization or severe illness. Pfizer's partner and co-founder of German BioNTech, Shahin, once said that "Although the virus has mutated, the vaccine may continue to provide protection to prevent serious diseases."
It is worth mentioning that the two senators participated in the on-site vote of the "Rebuild a Better Future Act" over the weekend. It is still unclear whether the two were infected with the virus in Congress. Given that most Republican senators generally do not wear masks, there is a possibility of cluster infection in the Senate.
###Note: The lady in red in the lower left corner is Warren
, including Warren and Booker. Currently, 21 members of Congress in the United States have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus after being fully vaccinated with the new coronavirus, including 6 in the Senate and 15 in the House of Representatives. In addition, people familiar with the matter revealed that four other Republican members in the House of Representatives have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus in recent months, but it is unclear whether they have received the new coronavirus vaccine.
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