Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain contracted the coronavirus, but local doctors are optimistic. The well-known doctor Martin Scarr spoke about the reasons for such optimism.
Recently it became known that the 95-year-old British Queen gave a positive PCR test for coronavirus. Given her advanced age, she falls into the category of the highest risk due to the possible severe consequences of covid. However, not only age affects the prognosis of a particular patient. Other important factors, such as having diabetes, obesity, or hypertension, must be considered. All three of these factors, by the way, are available to the leader of the Russian LDPR party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky. He is much younger than the British queen, but his condition is much worse.
In addition, the Omicron strain itself, which causes a less severe form of coronavirus than the previous Delta strain, may serve as a reason for optimism. Finally, the British monarch went through vaccination and revaccination, his body already has a fair amount of antibodies that are able to recognize and fight COVID-19. Vaccinated and revaccinated people tend to tolerate the coronavirus more easily. But still, this disease remains the biggest threat to the elderly and vulnerable. Moreover, in recent years, the health of the generally quite strong Elizabeth began to weaken.
In October last year, she was taken to the hospital for two days, and the diagnosis was not specified. A month later, the queen sprained her back. Last week, during one of her last public events with her participation, the queen looked rather sickly and even informed the guests about there that she could not move normally. Unfortunately, vaccines are much less effective in older people who, due to age, have a weakened immune system. But the health of the monarch is monitored by the best doctors in the world, and this is one reason for hope. (READ MORE) 
Martin Scarr Staff Physician- consultant for Mail on Sunday and Mailonline