Viruses remain a mystery of nature?
Reuven Kupriyanov: Civilization came face to face with epidemics and pandemics that have claimed millions of lives. Dying not only from the plague, cholera, smallpox, measles and dysentery. “Spanish flu” was raging in the world in 1918-1920 probably set a record for mortality: over 50 million people. But “Spanish flu” – the undoubted influenza caused by a bacteriophage. But the nature of the virus COVID-19 that causes respiratory syndrome, flu-like, not clear.
Viruses come alive only once in a living cell. In other words, they are organic molecules, always ready to manifest itself, for example, in bacteria. To know the virus must penetrate into the deeper life processes. The closest to understanding the nature of the virus came American Paul Berg, Nobel prize in chemistry in 1980. His most important achievement was to develop a method of synthesis of new recombinant, that is a hybrid DNA molecule from fragments of DNA molecules of two different types.
These studies of Berg in the mid 60-ies of the last century caused the protests of many scientists, alarmed by the risk of abuse by the technique of synthesis of new, not occurring in natural conditions, viruses. And, accordingly, the unpredictability of reactions in the human body. Berg switched to experiments with tumorigenic simian virus S-40. In 1974, he supported the proposal to declare a moratorium on the research, which could become a platform for the synthesis of new viruses. It is significant that Paul Berg has led the International conference of scientists, designed to provide a comprehensive ethical evaluation of recombinant experiment.
But later, scientific community realized the exaggerated fears, and Berg continued study?
Reuven Kupriyanov: still, in a slightly different aspect. He synthesized interferon – a protective protein produced by cells in mammals and birds in response to their infection by viruses, conducted important studies of growth hormone. Pandemic coronavirus is comparable to the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Attention to such energy units has increased worldwide, but the complete dismantling not required.
Pandemic COVID-19 will end with the advent of vaccines?
Reuven Kupriyanov: you Know, plague in the middle ages and the “Spanish flu” in the early 20-ies ended quite suddenly. We can say by themselves, for an application of the highly effective drugs and vaccines, however. Viruses are constantly mutating. That is their nature. Apparently, their mutations are “neutral” phase, when they are safe. Coronavirus is a family of viruses that includes two subfamilies. Currently there are 40 species of coronaviruses, includingtea CОVID-19. And they will endlessly mutate. Their epidemiological risk will be suspended.
In this regard should pay special attention to the works of the great Russian scientist, a wonderful poet and artist Alexander Chizhevsky, who in the first half of the last century, he founded a new scientific direction in Biophysics – the solar biology investigating the effect of solar activity on terrestrial organisms. It is important to note that he proved the connection of epidemics with a periodic activity of the Sun. Chizhevsky established a link between total mortality and an 11-year cycle of solar activity. In fact, we are talking about scientists identifying the dynamics of animate and inanimate nature in its cosmic dimension. Viruses, as boundary objects, that is, live only once in the cell, according to Chizhevsky, “pulsing” at the solar time of the cosmic clock.
national information and analytical center for combating coronavirus in the intelligence Directorate of the IDF (Israel defense forces) has released a report which warns of rolling a second wave of disease.
Reuven Kupriyanov: the Problem of lifting, achieving the so-called “plateau” and reduce the number of cases by specialists in mathematical modeling. Today out of every four new viruses three zolotonoshskyi, that is, they are transmitted to humans from animals. Sometimes only a single infected Homo Sapiens could trigger a chain reaction and lead to an epidemic.
As a physician, virologist should be noted that in infectious diseases there is often a rapid growth of cases. This defines the concept of epidemics and pandemics. As for the sharp drop in the number of cases, like almost impossible. Rather, it could take place only under one condition: a country in an epidemic, and in a pandemic, all countries would be able to quickly configure all the sanitary service for optimum operation. At the same time almost 100 percent of the population would comply with all hygiene regulations. And even in this case, spikes in some States, cities, districts cannot be entirely avoided.
here is an example with the familiar to me the epidemic of fever Ebola. Beginning in April 2014, almost simultaneously in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mali, it has come to the US, the UK, Spain and Italy. In 2014 – 2015 years, the victims were more than 11 thousand people. Fever returned to the DRC in may 2017: three months died four people. But the virus proved to be very tricky. And in may of 2018 he returned again in the DRC, killing over two thousand people.
I was struck by sporadic increase in mortality in 2014-2015 – 41% in 2017. – 50%, in 2018 – 66%. No doubt, in��Rus mutated and adapted to confront the symptomatic drugs which were treating this fever. But because the disease is “closed” only in one country. Apparently, in this country the population is less attention paid to hygiene standards. Outbursts of viral infections in any case suppressed health interventions. Especially now that created a powerful mask using nanoparticles of zinc oxide.
an Unexpected question: you have Siberian genes? Right?
Reuven Kupriyanov: Yes, my grandfather and grandmother on the paternal side, natives of the Irkutsk region. In the late nineteenth century, they, the Russian peasants, who belonged to the community of voluntary work, in other words, the Judaizers moved to the Holy land. A maternal – all “Sabra”, that is, natives of Israel. Although it is possible Caucasian and Iranian roots. Accordingly, my health Siberian-Caucasian-middle East. Coronavirus but these facts do not necessarily know.
