Infectious disease specialist Olga Golubovska shared her predictions regarding future global pandemics. According to her, the world may face a new pandemic, and it is important to understand what threats await us now and how to prepare for them.
A new pandemic awaits the world. About what it can be and whether we have means of protection, the chief infectious disease expert of Ukraine, honored doctor, professor Olha Golubovska told.
We now live in an era of viral infections - severe viral infections dominate. And all recent pandemics are not caused by bacteria - they are caused by a virus. And those pandemics that are predicted, the so-called "disease X" - all forecasts are built mainly around viruses. Unfortunately, we have few resources for the treatment of viral infections
Golubovska reminded that the World Health Organization warned about the next pandemic as early as 2021. No one will give an answer to what exactly will cause this pandemic, but Golubovska emphasizes that, according to forecasts, it will most likely be a viral infection. And in the treatment of diseases caused by viral infections, the use of antiviral therapy is important.
UNN asked whether the next pandemic could be caused by monkey pox, Golubovska answered: "There will be a pandemic one hundred percent.
Regarding monkeypox, in March 2021, NTI, an international non-profit organization funded by Bill Gates and Ted Buffett and dedicated to preventing possible biological threats, conducted a fictitious exercise in conjunction with the Munich Security Conference. And the "legend" of the training was the monkeypox pandemic. And the results were published on the NTI website. According to the script, it all began in the fictional country of Brinia in May 22nd. Then there were four waves, and as a result, the pandemic was 10 times worse than covid. And in May of the 22nd year there was an outbreak of monkeypox in Britain, and the first two waves passed exactly as per that scenario. But I don't want to talk about conspiracy theories. (…) But as a clinician, I believe that we need to start from what is. There are things that we cannot influence, but we have to be ready."
She reminded that the CDC - the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention - has developed a protocol for the treatment of monkeypox, which includes four antiviral drugs.
"It (pandemic - ed.) will be. I don't know whether it will be monkey pox or not. But there is already a treatment protocol for this smallpox, it has antiviral drugs. Another thing is that we do not have these drugs. This is a problem," the doctor added.
But Golubovska is convinced that there are good doctors in Ukraine who are able to face challenges.
