Disease X: World could face another pandemic deadlier than Corona warn Ebola discovering doctor
Globally, the year 2020 was known for the Covid-19 pandemic, but with the introduction of the vaccine over the new year, there was hope of a farewell to the pandemic. However, not even a week has passed since the beginning of 2021 that another dreaded disease ‘Disease X’ has started scaring the world. Professor Jean Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, who played a key role in the discovery of the Ebola virus, warned that today we are in a world where new germs are coming in and any such disease can be fatal than Covid-19. If we continue to stand against nature even today, then the day is not far when we will have to suffer heavy loss.
Disease X can pose a threat to the world
The World Health Organization says that where Disease X will stop, it can only be imagined. Experts believe that if it comes into existence it will be many times more dangerous than the corona epidemic.
New and deadly viruses are emerging
Tamfum, a scientist who discovered Ebola some 45 years ago, has warned that new and deadly viruses are emerging from Africa’s tropical rain forests. Even in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the symptoms of haemorrhagic fever was found in a woman, there is a possibility of new life-threatening germs. The woman was screened for a number of diseases including Ebola.
Disease X: Infection speed of Corona; mortality rate of Ebola
Although the woman did not have any of those diseases. After this, the fear of his illness increased, whether the disease is the cause of disease X. This new germ can spread much like the corona virus, but it can have a mortality rate of 50 to 90 percent like Ebola. This disease with Ebola-like symptoms occurs in the same way.
Diseases from animals result from deforestation
Professor Tamfum has warned about many zoonotic diseases. These are diseases that can be dangerous from animal to human. Covid-19 is one of these diseases. It also includes yellow fever and rabies. He said that animals are natural hosts for the virus. SARS-COV-2 is the cause of Covid-19 disease. It is believed to have originated from bats or pangolins in China. Experts have largely attributed deforestation to outbreaks of zoonotic diseases.
