People who do not believe in the danger COVID, become the cause of much extinction of the epidemic of the coronavirus. This was told RIA Novosti expert in statistics and modeling, Center for economic research Aghasi Tavadyan.
The scientist said that the sceptics who ignore the measures of social distancing, are also the reason for the emergence of new foci of infection. According to him, 30 percent of Russians are skeptical about COVID-19, according to polls.
“the Skeptics do not wear masks and do not comply with the rules of quarantine, and social distance. As a result of skepticheski the epidemic will always be new outbreaks of the disease. This ensures a thick and long tail extinction of the epidemic, more infected and more deaths than this could be subject to quarantine to vaccine development”, — said Tavadyan.
According to experts, a plateau can last for more than two months, while the real number of people affected reaches critical mass, as in Moscow, or until implemented universal vaccination.
According to immunologist Vitaly Zverev, the second wave of the pandemic may begin in Russia in autumn, in winter, the spread will decline. While serious limitations because of the coronavirus will not be.
In recent days in Russia revealed 7600 cases of new coronavirus infection in 83 regions. Since the beginning of the pandemic coronavirus was identified in 592 280 inhabitants in 85 regions.
