Onishchenko said: "This strain (H5N5) will certainly not spread among humans, but every 10 years an epidemic strain appears."
He added that "the uniqueness of the influenza virus and its philosophy of survival are based on the fact that it completely and radically changes its genetic code."
Onishchenko concluded by saying, "If we develop strong and effective immunity against it (the flu strain) this year, next year it may change so that our immune memory does not respond to it."
It is worth noting that the respiratory infection center at the Pasteur Institute in France reported that the bird flu virus, which spreads among birds and poultry, could lead to a pandemic worse than the coronavirus if it mutates and spreads to humans.
As the medical director of the Respiratory Infections Center at the Pasteur Institute explained, "People have antibodies to the common seasonal avian influenza H1 and H3, but they do not have any antibodies to avian influenza H5."
