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No need to panic about new coronavirus outbreaks

There is no need to panic about new outbreaks of coronavirus
In the future, humanity will face new outbreaks of coronavirus infection, but they should not be a cause for panic, as experts warn. And the authorities will no longer have to introduce electronic passes, mandatory mask regime or strict quarantine.

In the UK, there are again serious jumps in the incidence of coronavirus infection, followed by an increase in the number of hospitalized victims of COVID-19. Experts worry that this will increase the strain on an already overburdened healthcare system. Some scientists who are critical of the authorities' decisions to lift all existing restrictions have already called for the return of the mask regime and a ban on mass gatherings of the British. This is despite the fact that a much more contagious strain of Omicron is now spreading across the country.

But Professor Robert Dingwall, a sociologist at Nottingham Trent University, called the concerns premature. He believes that the virus does not pose even the slightest degree of the threat that it carried in the initial period of the pandemic, since the country has an exorbitant level of herd immunity after endless waves, infections and vaccination campaigns.

The professor emphasizes that it is extremely important not to panic amid figures about new records for infections and hospitalizations. In reality, there is no increase in serious illnesses caused by the coronavirus. The population has a very high level of immunity, and outbreaks of coronavirus in the future are absolutely inevitable. This should not at all wear down the already seriously damaged nervous system of the British. (READ MORE) Robert Dingwall Robert Dingwall Medicine British sociologist at Nottingham Trent University