A new series of coronavirus first seen in the UK has sent shockwaves around the world, with many countries stopping travel to and from the country. It is a reminder of the pilot levels of COVID-19, when governments scrambled to isolate infected people while searching for the place.
Now, the scientist who discovered the deadly disease ebola is warning that more viruses will soon appear, which could disrupt your post-pandemic plans.
Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, who helped detect ebola in 1976, says an unknown number of viruses, many of which could be far more deadly than the follow-up COVID-19, could come. crop all over the world, starting from the tropical rainforests of Africa.
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Speaking to CNN, Tamfum warned that we live in a world “where new pathogens come out”. Tamfum has been searching for more deadly pathogens since it discovered the deadly ebola.
“And that is the threat to humanity,” he told CNN, referring to the possible spread of disease to animals.
When ebola was first discovered, Muyembe was on the front lines taking blood samples of victims. Ebola is a very deadly disease that causes bleeding and has a high mortality rate. At the beginning of its spread, it had killed 88 percent of those infected, along with 80 percent of hospital staff where the disease was first detected – Yambuku Mission Hospital.
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Once the samples were transported to Europe and the USA, the virus scientists discovered a worm-shaped virus. The name “ebola” came from a nearby river with this name, and it was also called Zaire.
Historically, Africa has relied on the West for laboratory work. Now, the West must rely on Africa to eradicate a pandemic that threatens humanity. And if these viruses turn out to be as deadly as ebola, it could lead to unparalleled loss of life.
Muyembe told CNN that zoonotic diseases, which spread from animals to humans, are expected to appear soon.
From HIV, to SARS, to COVID-19 – all such diseases appeared in animals, then spread like the plague among humans. The scientist warned of more such diseases, saying “Yes, yes, I think so”, and suggesting that these could be worse than COVID-19.