The Hill: BioNTech founders predict pandemic will spread for at least another year
The founders of BioNTech, the German biotechnology company that developed a prominent coronavirus vaccine with Pfizer, are predicting that the pandemic likely will continue into 2022 as new waves of the infection surge in countries with limited vaccine supplies.
During The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit on Tuesday, BioNTech CEO Uğur Şahin warned that COVID-19 will continue to spread unless countries do more to ramp up vaccine distribution in countries such as India, which on Tuesday became the second country to record 20 million coronavirus infections.
“We need to ensure really high vaccination rates worldwide. Otherwise, no one will be safe,” Şahin said, adding that the pandemic will end only once the entire globe reaches herd immunity.
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Update: BioNTech Founders: Pandemic Will Continue Until Mid-2022 (Newsmax)
WNU Editor: This makes sense. In the past year I have read a lot on pandemics that have occurred throughout history. It basically takes a pandemic 2 - 3 years to burn out, and another few years for societies to recover.
The prediction of BioNTech CEO Uğur Şahin of another year falls in this 2 - 3 year span.
BioNTech partner Pfizer also sees this pandemic lasting for a year if not longer .... Pfizer expects Covid vaccine demand for years (BBC).
