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Paul Hunter was a Canadian-born soccer defender who spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League.

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If the requirement on infected individuals to isolate at home is lifted as indicated, it will be an experiment which will either be shown to be very brave or very stupid, but nobody knows for sure what the result will be, omicron may be on the wane in Europe but other parts of Our World in Data are still in the full flush of a surge in infections. In such circumstances, as we have seen before, the virus is in the best possible position to mutate again, and there is absolutely no certainty that any new variant would be less dangerous.

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 2 years ago

The concern for me remains our more vulnerable people, especially those who for medical reasons may not have responded as well to vaccine as we would have wished, there needs to be robust procedures in place to ensure infections in this group are diagnosed early and antivirals are provided within hours of any positive result.

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 2 years ago

There will probably be some ups and downs along the way, but I would hope that by Easter, we will be out of this.

– Paul Hunter

Found on FOX News 2 years ago

Our grandchildren's grandchildren will still be catching( the virus).

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago

The large majority of infectious disease specialists think, and have thought for many months, that SARS-CoV-2 is here to stay, our grandchildren's grandchildren will still be catching( the virus).

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago

We are not behind Europe in this wave. They are behind us.

– Paul Hunter

Found on FOX News 3 years ago

They’ve got populations that are not as well immunized, whether that is from vaccine or infection, as we have, we still have a lot more immunity from natural infection than most European countries, and we’re rolling out the booster. That is why we will have less of a troublesome winter than most.

– Paul Hunter

Found on FOX News 3 years ago

Whilst association does not necessarily mean causation it is difficult to escape the conclusion that celebrations around the Euros have been an important factor in driving up the epidemic in the U.K..

– Paul Hunter

Found on FOX News 3 years ago

The disease burden associated with a larger peak during the summer would likely be less than one during the winter.

– Paul Hunter

Found on FOX News 3 years ago

We want to see the lockdown end but we need lifesaving mitigation in place. We still need sick pay, local contact tracing, continued mask wearing, ventilation and support for children to prevent serious illness. the disease burden associated with a larger peak during the summer would likely be less than one during the winter.

– Paul Hunter

Found on FOX News 3 years ago

Even though case numbers are rising quite rapidly at present, possibly as a consequence of celebrations around the Euros [ soccer tournament ], I still think it would be safer to lift restrictions now than in the autumn. The disease burden associated with a larger peak during the summer would likely be less than one during the winter, of course we have seen new issues appear during the course of this epidemic and so no one can be certain of the challenges over coming months, but we will eventually come into an equilibrium with this virus as we have with all the other endemic respiratory infections.

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago

That is going to be of value throughout the world.

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago

The issue comes down to numbers really.

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago

The South African strain has been detected in the UK - albeit currently in small numbers - but does seem to be increasing in recent weeks, variants with this mutation could reduce vaccine efficacy, though most likely all current vaccines would still be highly effective.

– Paul Hunter

Found on Reuters 3 years ago

Of particular note was that the case was a young and otherwise healthy person and that the second infection was diagnosed 4.5 months after the initial episode.

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 4 years ago

The report from Hong Kong of a re-infection in a man by COVID-19 that was genetically different from the first infection should not be too surprising. It is, however, important that this is documented, of particular note was that the case was a young and otherwise healthy person and that the second infection was diagnosed 4.5 months after the initial episode.

– Paul Hunter

Found on CNN 4 years ago

It is hugely irresponsible because, sadly, there are people around the world who might believe this sort of nonsense and try it out for themselves.

– Paul Hunter