Although the outbreak has come to an end in recent months and the number of deaths and infections has declined, the Coronavirus remains 40 times fatal than the flu.so it follows new official data Based on the number of cases and deaths registered so far in 2023.
According to the latest national epidemiological report, this year 73,312 cases coronavirus and 304 deathsgiving the fatality rate 0.41%.At the same time, they registered 593,192 cases flu and 64 deaths Therefore, this means 0.01%.
If you compare the absolute death toll of COVID-19 and influenza, the former is 375% higher than the second.However, if these figures are placed in the number of cases of one virus and another, the difference reaches 4,000%.
Indeed, Covid cases are on their hands Historic Apartmentsbut also vaccination level.Declining immunity means that the few people infected today (who had Chapter 757) are more likely to develop complications.
August 2022, some 50,000 vaccines Corona virus is being fought daily across Argentina, with the current daily average of about 7 thousand doses. Fewer people are willing to use the drug because they are no longer afraid of the disease. strengthen indicated.
This translates into some death toll happened is preventable. In fact, the COVID-19 death rate at this point in 2022 is lower than today’s record.Then I tagged 0.32%from 3,626,238 case and 11,704 deaths.
Also likely in 2023 underdiagnosed infection, which mathematically would lead to an increase in the proportion of deaths. This is despite the same margin of error for flu cases as many of them were not registered.
Local data was known when the coronavirus started signs of recovery In Europe and the United States, as the coldest time of the year approaches.Significant rise in infections in the UK, along with rising variants E.G.5.1although the number of cases remains low.
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In the Northern Hemisphere, they are ready to face possible new wave Covid vaccine adapts to new major variants: XBB.1. FDA has approved new formulations from Pfizer and Moderna, ditching the format Bivalent (Wuhan Gao Micron) refocused on circulating strains to be more effective.
Meanwhile, in Argentina, Avak VaccineNational Development, which is bivalent, but does not point to the Wuhan variant, but rather Gammawhich adds the child variant Ohm Micron BA.5. This combination introduces differences and question marks.
Being Gamma and not Wuhan doesn’t necessarily make Alvak immune to what scientists call “original sin.”This logic suggests that people infected with the new coronavirus variant first contact Antibodies (due to infection or vaccines) “leave a trail” against the actions of those seeking to deal with Omicron.
A source at Cassará’s lab, which will market the Arvac vaccine, said “most people are vaccinated” First contact with WuhanWhen it comes to vaccinations, there is no doubt, although it is difficult to specify how many people have received the vaccine. first contact with gamma Because you were infected before your first vaccination.
Throughout 2020 there are 1.6 million cases The number of Covid cases registered in the country, while between January 1 and the end of July 2021, under the most relaxed quarantine measures (in the case of a large-scale spread of the vaccine and dominated by Gamma), they encountered 3.7 million new infections. In all cases, ignored asymptomatic patients had to be added.
It’s unclear how many people actually experienced first contact with the new coronavirus — and their genetic imprint — because of vaccination People with the Wuhan ancestral strain not affected Exposure to the virus before receiving the first dose of the vaccine. The period between the dominance of gamma viruses (later prevalent by Argentine delta virus) and the onset of active immunity is critical.
Virologist Jorge Quarleri explains horn “Original sin cannot be erased because it is an immunological phenomenon of our memory immune response. Although there may be antigenic differences in new variants of the virus, when faced with these viruses will respond more strongly Targeting the first variant faced by our organism”.
The expert added, “The exclusion of Wuhan from the vaccine may be an attempt to minimize this effect, because All Bivalent Wearing it will make people react more strongly to it and less to the new variant accompanyingbecause it used to be BA.1, and now it is XBB.1.5″.
By the same logic, Qualleri added, “If the agency’s first contact is with gamma variant Then we inject ourselves with a bivalent vaccine with gamma protection plus another variant, whatever it is, the immune response that the second stimulus will generate will be Stronger against gamma rather than against accompanying variants”.
Although the third phase of Arvac will will be done soon The vaccine, which could be licensed by Anmat by the end of the year, has been tested in its formulation, Cassará explained, and in order to follow the World Health Organization’s global recommendations, they have cloned cells into Generate XBB.1 2024.
It should always be clear what to do in order to prevent serious illness and death all vaccinations (even the ones that haven’t been updated) are still going strong.But the purpose of medical modernization is to be able to counteract viral cyclethat is, to optimize its potential to prevent contagion.
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