Population-wide immunity to the coronavirus in Germany led to the end of the corona pandemic, according to Berlin virologist Christian Drosten. “We are now in a situation for the entire population where we are immune. That is population immunity and that is why the pandemic is now over,” Drosten said at an event of the Research Network for Zoönotic Infectious Diseases in Berlin on Friday.
The Charité professor emphasized that the pandemic is not over yet because the omicron variant is mild. “Omicron is not lenient. That’s just a public misrepresentation,” Drosten said. “What puts us in a better position, in particular, is the vaccination and then the possibility of finally being able to infect ourselves on the basis of the vaccination without dying.” The so-called hybrid immunity perfectly protects against severe courses. Hybrid immunity is when a person is both vaccinated and infected, or has recovered.
Drosten’s statement caused a misunderstanding at the end of 2022
Drosten had already commented on the end of the pandemic in an interview at the end of 2022, but then felt misunderstood. In the podcast ‘Coronavirus Update’ on NDR-Info, the virologist said in January that he actually said something different from what was received by parts of the public. The end of the pandemic cannot be announced in advance, you can only look at it afterwards – so after this wave.
Source: Krone
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