Gao Fu said that without vaccines, human beings will "coexist peacefully" with the virus, which is the most basic knowledge and fact.
Gao Fu also said that COVID-19 is the seventh coronavirus that infects human beings, and the biggest feature of coronavirus is gene recombination, so human beings will face more coronavirus attacks. In COVID-19 today, there is no evidence that it will disappear. It is likely to exist with humans, just like the flu, and there will be a new coronavirus. "The relationship between humans and viruses is the relationship between cats and mice." Gao Fu said.
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Takeshi, Director of the Western Pacific Region of WHO, said: "In the face of a global epidemic, no country is immune. We must deal with global issues through international cooperation agencies. "
Ge Xijian agreed with Gao Fu's advocacy of sharing public health data and appreciated China's contribution to the world in sharing vaccines. He also said that the development of the epidemic ultimately depends on countries with weak ability to control the epidemic, so it is very important to produce enough vaccines and let everyone on the planet get vaccines fairly.
Professor Stern Vermont, Dean of the School of Public Health of Yale University, also believes that the lack of data sharing ability is an important factor to accelerate the spread of the virus. He stressed that it is necessary to pay attention to the impact of animal diseases on human beings and strengthen the research on zoonotic diseases. A study published in the journal Science on March 18 also pointed out that the data monitoring of human and animal diseases was insufficient, which exposed the problems in monitoring highly infectious pathogens.
Professor Stern Vermont also said that in recent decades, population growth and climate change have also had a major impact on the occurrence of diseases. He emphasized that data can play a greater role in scientific research, and academic institutions should make more efforts to cooperate with the private sector and the government. He also revealed that Yale University is also developing vaccines, and it is expected to bring more products to the market in the future.
National Business Daily-Gao Fu: Vaccine is the ultimate weapon to defeat infectious diseases, and the relationship between human beings and viruses is cat and mouse.