CNBC: The world is nowhere near the end of the Covid pandemic, says famed epidemiologist Larry Brilliant
* The Covid-19 pandemic is not coming to an end soon, said Larry Brilliant, a top epidemiologist.
* Brilliant, part of the World Health Organization team that helped eradicate smallpox, said the delta variant of coronavirus is “maybe the most contagious virus” ever.
* Only 15% of the world’s population has gotten a Covid vaccine.
The pandemic is not coming to an end soon — given that only a small proportion of the world population has been vaccinated against Covid-19, a well-known epidemiologist told CNBC.
Dr. Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist who was part of the World Health Organization’s team that helped eradicate smallpox, said the delta variant of the coronavirus is “maybe the most contagious virus” ever.
In recent months, the U.S., India and China, as well as other countries in Europe, Africa and Asia have been grappling with a highly transmissible delta variant of the virus.
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WNU Editor: I concur with the above assessment that the world is nowhere near the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. The vaccine works, but with only 15% of the world vaccinated this pandemic, this disease is going to be with us for a long time.
Update: Only 18 percent of Latin America and Caribbean are vaccinated (see below).
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