at sidra medicine. and joining by skype from bristol in the united kingdom, is dr. gabriel scally. he is professor of public health at bristol universitywarm welcome to each of you and thanks for joining us today on "inside story." patrick, let me start with you today. what danger does covid-19 pose, and how much cause for concern is there at this time? guest: first of all, thank you for having me. covid-19 has to be looked at in perspective of all the other respiratory viruses also circulating, and all the other public health emergencies that we have to deal with right now. so what has happened from the beginning of the outbreak to know is we have built up over immunity both through our vaccination campaigns as well as our natural infection. much of the world has immunity either through one or both of those programs. we are in a much better position to handle new waves of the infection now. but it still remains a danger because the virus is evolving in a way that is faster than some of the other viruses that we have heard normally, like influenza, rsv and other viruses. so there is still a chance that it can become more serious or tha

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