Covid may be more severe than before in worst blow since vaccine rollout

Brits are being prepped for a potentially devastating wave of Coronavirus which could be more severe than most spikes post-vaccine.

Catching Covid-19 three years on from the UK pandemic peak has left some wondering why the illness does not get easier to deal with over time. One member of the public is feeling "much worse" after a bout of Covid.

Professor Eleanor Riley has since spoken out on her "horrid" experience with the virus and has explained why some members of the public will find it tougher to deal with the illness.

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Experts are now warning the UK could be hit by the "devious virus" once more, though this time it could be far worse than expected.

Professor Riley, speaking to the BBC, said: "People's antibody levels against Covid are probably as low now as they have been since the vaccine was first introduced. Now, because antibodies are lower, a higher dose [of the virus] is getting through and causing a more severe bout of disease."

Fellow professor Peter Openshaw said: "The thing that made the huge difference before was the very wide and fast rollout of vaccines – even young adults managed to get vaccinated, and that made an absolutely huge difference."

He has since warned "a lot of people" may get the virus, and should they do so, it "is going to knock them out for several days or weeks". Professor Openshaw has since labelled the virus "devious" and suggested healthy people will be hit the worst.

He claimed: "I'm also hearing of people having nasty bouts of Covid, who are otherwise young and fit. It's a surprisingly devious virus, sometimes making people quite ill and occasionally leading to having 'long Covid'."

For those who have not caught Covid within the last year, Professor Openshaw believes there is a "good chance" of catching it now. Prof Openshaw said: "The viruses circulating now are pretty distant immunologically from the original virus which was used to make the early vaccines, or which last infected them.

"A lot of people have very little immunity to the Omicron viruses and their variants." When asked whether winter woes were set to hit many across the country, Professor Openshaw said: "I fear so."

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