Doctor Alexander Myasnikov MOSCOW, 4 Jan. The main difference between COVID-19 and other viral diseases lies in the nature of its spread. Doctor and TV presenter Alexander Myasnikov spoke about this in his Telegram channel. First of all, the physician urged not to qualify COVID-19 as a new disease. «There is no such new COVID disease! There have always been ARIs (ARVI — acute respiratory viral diseases) and there have always been viral pneumonia. «, — he said. According to him, the causative agents of ARVI and viral pneumonia have always been influenza viruses type A and B, human coronaviruses (CoV-229E, CoV-NL63, CoV-OC43, CoV-HKU1), rino and adenoviruses, respiratory -syncytial virus and others. 
A new strain of coronavirus was discovered in the south of France In turn, the SARS-CoV-2 virus simply added to this list, explained specialist. «In terms of clinical manifestations, neither acute respiratory infections, nor viral pneumonias caused by the new coronavirus are no different from acute respiratory infections and viral pneumonias caused by other pathogens,» he said. Myasnikov concluded that the main problem of COVID-19 is caused by its massiveness, while mortality rates are 0.1-0.09% with an adequate level of vaccination of the population. Worldwide, according to WHO, there are more than 281 million infected, 5.4 million of them could not be saved. The most difficult situation is in the USA, India, Brazil and Great Britain. Russia ranks fifth in this list. 
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