SUSMU scientists: COVID-19 is exhausting its potential, omicron may become the last mutation the last mutation of the virus, after which the pandemic will subside. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the South Ural State Medical University (SUSMU) Lyudmila Ratnikova in an interview with Interfax. “There is evidence that the virus is exhausting its potential. Yes, he is contagious, his contagiousness is high. But the epidemiological activity may be less, and it may not mutate anymore, “Ratnikova believes. According to the Russian scientist, after the loss of potential, COVID-19 may turn into a” seasonal “disease, which will run with cold symptoms. The researcher believes that the virus will cease to massively cause severe forms of the disease, the person will cope with it himself. Earlier, the RAS virologist Pyotr Chumakov called the omicron strain a live vaccine due to its reduced pathogenicity.
