一段時(shí)間以來,,馬克·戴布爾博士一直在準(zhǔn)確預(yù)測(cè)新冠疫情的趨勢(shì),。
2020年春季,這位Enochian BioSciences公司的首席執(zhí)行官,、喬治城大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)中心醫(yī)學(xué)系(Georgetown University Medical Center’s Department of Medicine)的教授告訴美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì),,在接下來的秋季可能會(huì)看到另一個(gè)高潮,而且可能會(huì)“更加劇烈”,。他還公開指出,,在對(duì)抗新冠疫情時(shí),不但需要平均分配資源,,而且還需要全球共同“協(xié)調(diào)應(yīng)對(duì)”,。
他對(duì)他目前在歐洲看到的情況感到擔(dān)憂。他在本周早些時(shí)候的一次會(huì)議上告訴《財(cái)富》雜志,,歐洲的新冠疫苗接種率比美國(guó)高,,但正在經(jīng)歷著破紀(jì)錄的病例。
“德國(guó),、荷蘭,、奧地利的住院和死亡率比這些國(guó)家在新冠疫情過程中的任何時(shí)候都高?!贝鞑紶栒f,,“一個(gè)月后,美國(guó)可能會(huì)變成它們,?!?/p>
隨著全球新冠疫情的第二個(gè)冬天已經(jīng)到來,戴布爾想象出了美國(guó)可能出現(xiàn)的三種情況,。
情況1
“可能到明年3月至5月,,將出現(xiàn)一個(gè)完全具有新冠疫苗耐藥性的變種毒株?!贝鞑紶栒f,。
那好消息呢?會(huì)有一些治療方法,,比如輝瑞公司(Pfizer)的抗病毒藥物,。戴布爾稱這種藥物可以“降低90%的住院率”。這意味著,,雖然我們可能無法阻止由新冠疫苗耐藥毒株(已經(jīng)存在于拉丁美洲)引發(fā)的病例高潮,,但我們能夠減輕其嚴(yán)重性。
“新冠疫苗和療法不能阻止傳播,?!彼f。但正在開發(fā)的新治療方案,,例如也可以阻止傳播的預(yù)防性鼻腔噴劑,,可能會(huì)帶領(lǐng)我們走出這場(chǎng)疫情的最糟糕時(shí)期,。
情況2
另一種情況是,新冠疫情變得像“流感”,,或者在富有國(guó)家它們是流感,,但在窮國(guó)將更加嚴(yán)重。
較富裕的國(guó)家治療方法充足,,能夠?qū)⒔】滴C(jī)轉(zhuǎn)化為季節(jié)性問題,。但戴布爾表示,即便是現(xiàn)在,,瘧疾和結(jié)核病仍然困擾著一些非洲國(guó)家,。
情況3
最壞的情況是新冠病毒突變的速度比我們追趕它的速度快,即使治療方法也無法產(chǎn)生影響,。
戴布爾說:“第三種情況是,,在可預(yù)見的未來,所有地方都是一片混亂,,因?yàn)樾鹿诓《緯?huì)發(fā)生大量變異,。”但他認(rèn)為這“實(shí)在是不太可能”,。
戴布爾博士的意見是,,我們正在朝著第二種情況前進(jìn),但需要兩到三年的時(shí)間才可以達(dá)到,。雖然我們正在走向某種解決方案,,但他擔(dān)心“中間”的幾年可能會(huì)“相當(dāng)艱難”。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
編譯:楊二一
一段時(shí)間以來,,馬克·戴布爾博士一直在準(zhǔn)確預(yù)測(cè)新冠疫情的趨勢(shì),。
2020年春季,,這位Enochian BioSciences公司的首席執(zhí)行官,、喬治城大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)中心醫(yī)學(xué)系(Georgetown University Medical Center’s Department of Medicine)的教授告訴美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì),在接下來的秋季可能會(huì)看到另一個(gè)高潮,,而且可能會(huì)“更加劇烈”,。他還公開指出,在對(duì)抗新冠疫情時(shí),,不但需要平均分配資源,,而且還需要全球共同“協(xié)調(diào)應(yīng)對(duì)”。
他對(duì)他目前在歐洲看到的情況感到擔(dān)憂,。他在本周早些時(shí)候的一次會(huì)議上告訴《財(cái)富》雜志,,歐洲的新冠疫苗接種率比美國(guó)高,但正在經(jīng)歷著破紀(jì)錄的病例,。
“德國(guó),、荷蘭,、奧地利的住院和死亡率比這些國(guó)家在新冠疫情過程中的任何時(shí)候都高?!贝鞑紶栒f,,“一個(gè)月后,美國(guó)可能會(huì)變成它們,?!?/p>
隨著全球新冠疫情的第二個(gè)冬天已經(jīng)到來,戴布爾想象出了美國(guó)可能出現(xiàn)的三種情況,。
情況1
“可能到明年3月至5月,,將出現(xiàn)一個(gè)完全具有新冠疫苗耐藥性的變種毒株?!贝鞑紶栒f,。
那好消息呢?會(huì)有一些治療方法,,比如輝瑞公司(Pfizer)的抗病毒藥物,。戴布爾稱這種藥物可以“降低90%的住院率”。這意味著,,雖然我們可能無法阻止由新冠疫苗耐藥毒株(已經(jīng)存在于拉丁美洲)引發(fā)的病例高潮,,但我們能夠減輕其嚴(yán)重性。
“新冠疫苗和療法不能阻止傳播,?!彼f。但正在開發(fā)的新治療方案,,例如也可以阻止傳播的預(yù)防性鼻腔噴劑,,可能會(huì)帶領(lǐng)我們走出這場(chǎng)疫情的最糟糕時(shí)期。
情況2
另一種情況是,,新冠疫情變得像“流感”,,或者在富有國(guó)家它們是流感,但在窮國(guó)將更加嚴(yán)重,。
較富裕的國(guó)家治療方法充足,,能夠?qū)⒔】滴C(jī)轉(zhuǎn)化為季節(jié)性問題。但戴布爾表示,,即便是現(xiàn)在,,瘧疾和結(jié)核病仍然困擾著一些非洲國(guó)家。
情況3
最壞的情況是新冠病毒突變的速度比我們追趕它的速度快,,即使治療方法也無法產(chǎn)生影響,。
戴布爾說:“第三種情況是,在可預(yù)見的未來,所有地方都是一片混亂,,因?yàn)樾鹿诓《緯?huì)發(fā)生大量變異,。”但他認(rèn)為這“實(shí)在是不太可能”,。
戴布爾博士的意見是,,我們正在朝著第二種情況前進(jìn),但需要兩到三年的時(shí)間才可以達(dá)到,。雖然我們正在走向某種解決方案,,但他擔(dān)心“中間”的幾年可能會(huì)“相當(dāng)艱難”。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
編譯:楊二一
Dr. Mark Dybul has been accurately predicting COVID-19 trends for a while.
In the spring of 2020, the CEO of Enochian BioSciences and professor at Georgetown University Medical Center’s Department of Medicine told The Hill that the following fall could see another wave, and it would likely be “more virulent.” He’s also spoken out about the need to equally distribute resources when it comes to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need for a globally “coordinated response.”
And he doesn’t like what he’s seeing in Europe right now, which has higher rates of vaccination than the U.S. but is experiencing a record-breaking number of cases, he told Fortune at a conference earlier this week.
“Germany, Holland, Austria have higher rates [of hospitalization and death] than they ever have in the course of the pandemic,” Dybul said. “A month from now, we’re quite likely to look like those countries.”
These are three potential scenarios Dybul can imagine in the U.S. as we continue to push through the second winter of the global COVID pandemic.
Option 1
“By March, April, May we will have a fully vaccine resistant variant,” said Dybul.
The good news? There’s treatment available, like Pfizer’s antiviral pill, which Dybul said can “reduce hospitalization by 90%.” That means that while we might not be able to prevent a wave of cases fueled by a vaccine-resistant strain (which already exists in Latin America), we can reduce the severity.
“Vaccines and therapies don’t stop transmission,” Dr. Dybul noted, but new treatment options in development, like a prophylactic nasal spray that can also stop transmission, could lead us out of the worst of the pandemic.
Option 2
Another scenario is that COVID-19 becomes like “influenza” or the flu for wealthy nations but will be more severe in poorer countries.
Richer countries have a surplus of treatments to transform a health crisis into a seasonal problem, but even now, he said, malaria and tuberculosis still plague some African nations.
Option 3
The worst option is that the virus will mutate faster than we can chase it, and even treatment options won’t affect it.
“The third possibility is that it’s a mess for the foreseeable future everywhere because the virus will mutate so much,” Dr. Dybul said, but he thinks this is “really unlikely.”
Dr. Dybul’s opinion is that we’re heading toward the second option, but it will take two to three years to get there. While we’re en route to some sort of solution, he’s worried that the “in between” years could be “pretty rough.”