We got some news for y’all! Hong Kong Microbiologist has a new warning
According to microbiologist, Yuen Kwok-yung said that another pandemic could exact far worse damage than Covid-19. This soft-spoken scientist is sometimes thought of as Hong Kong’s answer to top US health expert, Dr Fauci.
He told AFP at the city’s Queen Mary hospital, where he works and teaches, that both the public and world leaders must admit that another pandemic will come, and probably sooner than you anticipate.
Kwok-yung told AFP that the reason why he makes such a horrifying prediction is because you can see clearly the geopolitical, economic, and climatic changes are changing so rapidly. He warns in his new autobiography, “My Life in Medicine: A Hong Kong Journey,” that politicians must come to their senses and solve global existential threats.
While world leaders are more in “national and regional interests”, Yuen said that a rapidly changing climate coupled with emerging infectious diseases should be a top priority. “This is something we shouldn’t ignore,” he added.
Yuen Kwok-yung is a globally recognised authority on coronavirus and other infectious diseases, but he also came from humble beginnings. Born in Hong Kong in the late 1950s, Kwok-yung grew up in a subdivided flat with his parents and three brothers. In 1981, he graduated from medical school and worked in the city’s public hospital, where doctors are paid less than in the public sector.
Yuen rose into popularity in 2003 after he and his team successfully isolated and identified acute respiratory syndrome, also known as SARS. Which was a vital step towards testing, diagnosing, and treating the disease, which emerged in Southern China and Hong Kong before spreading globally.
The virus nearly killed three hundred people in the city for two months, a toll second to Mainland China. That soon formed Yuen’s approach in handling the pandemic, which ripped through laxed vaccination, particularly among the elderly.
