MIROSLAV RADMAN

'50,000 people die in Croatia every year. Why would 300 dead from the crown be more important? ' 'Common sense is declining, because if it weren't declining - we wouldn't be dealing so badly with one relatively banal problem of infectious diseases' Writes: Aleksandra VladićPosted: October 8, 2020 11:11 pm Miroslav Radman Miroslav Radman Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail Croatian biologist Miroslav Radman , who also has French citizenship, was presented with the French state medal Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor in Split on Thursday evening. Handing him the medal, French Ambassador to Croatia Gaël Veyssière told Radman that he was Ruđer Bošković 's successor . "In a large scientific family, you are, through your dual French and Croatian culture, a worthy successor to Enlightenment figures like Ruđer Bošković," Veyssière said at a ceremony at the Mediterranean Institute for the Study of Life (MedILS). image Academician Miroslav Radman "Tonight we pay tribute to an outstanding person whose professional career and contribution to the knowledge of living beings amazes us, especially in terms of significant discoveries about the mechanisms of preserving genetic information, the molecular mechanisms involved in the evolution of pathogenic bacteria and the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance." said Veyssière. Thanking for the recognition, Radman reminded that eight years ago, the then French President Francois Hollande declared him the winner of the Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, and that he is now being awarded that medal. “This medal is a great thing, it’s one original recognition given to extraordinary people since Napoleon’s time,” Radman said. image Split, October 8, 2020 The French Ambassador to Croatia, Gael Veyssiere, awarded the Knight of the French Legion of Honor to Academician Miroslav Radman. Photo: Ante Cizmic / CROPIX Coronavirus control strategies should focus on drugs, not vaccines In a statement to reporters after the ceremony, Radman said, among other things, that in the search for treatment for coronavirus, one should go for strategies that are not based on vaccines but, as in the case of AIDS, on drugs. RELATED NEWS French Ambassador to Croatia Gael Veyssiere and Academician Miroslav Radman GREAT HONOR Academician Miroslav Radman was awarded the French medal of the Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor GREAT RECOGNITION Academician Miroslav Radman will be awarded the Knight of the French Legion of Honor "We'll have to wait to see if the natural changes and mutations in the coronavirus are close to those of the AIDS virus. Will it be a barrier? It's a remaining barrier - we have 40 years of fighting AIDS and the vaccine never came because the vaccine principle is to stimulate synthesis one antibody that will effectively neutralize the virus.But what if the virus changes and the vaccine does not change? The vaccine creates one type of antibody and not another, and when it fails - then it fails.So you should go for strategies that are not based on vaccine than - as in the case of AIDS - on two or three different drugs that poison the life of the virus, but not as antibodies, but simply in two or three places well chemically poison his life and then the virus becomes impotent, no longer effective as a virus, and that is enough already, ”Radman explained his position. When asked how he commented on the increase in coronavirus cases in the world and in Croatia, he said that in Croatia, as in most countries in the world, about one percent of the population dies every year, and the same number are born. image Miroslav Radman - About 50,000 people die in Croatia every year, which is a little more than one percent. When we add to that about 300 deaths from Covid - those are the codes 50,000 plus 300. Why are we so excited? Because the zoom is on the nasty death of older people because of covid. Let's zoom in on chemotherapy, cancer, including for the elderly and inflammation - and it looks bad, we wouldn't die if it didn't look bad, "Radman said. He pointed out that he did not want to insinuate anything but noticed the basic figures. - Here I would ask the question, why is 300 deaths more important than 50,000 deaths? Some will answer because I am afraid that 300 will not become 30,000 or 300,000. So you can take anything and assume that, ”Radman said He added that he is for common sense, which, according to him, is not enough even in the most developed countries. "Common sense is declining, because if it weren't declining, we wouldn't be dealing so badly with a relatively banal problem of infectious diseases that were far worse in the past," Radman concluded. Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail #Miroslav Radman