The son of the founder of the Chumakov Center called for compulsory vaccination

Virologist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, HEAD of the Laboratory of Cell Proliferation at the V. A. Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology Petr Chumakov said on Radio Russia that he supports the idea of ​​mandatory vaccination against coronavirus.

“It is very unpopular, of course, what I will say, but I believe that there should be compulsory vaccination. They can just crucify me there. But I think that in the name of these people who are now resisting, they will later thank if they are forced to do this, ”Chumakov believes.

The virologist noted that in Russia there are still few people vaccinated against the coronavirus, “you need to shout about it.” According to Chumakov, with the SARS-CoV-2 delta strain, which remains the most common in the country, it is necessary that 80% of the population be vaccinated. “And if it continues like this, there will be another [strain], “epsilon”, for example, some kind, then it is possible that it is necessary and 90% will be, you know, without exception,” he said.

The expert called the arguments of the anti-vaxxers absurd. “It’s even worse when it is supported by doctors and some professors,” the virologist believes.