Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»1586Научная статьяCOVID-19: HISTORY LESSONS (PERSONAL OPINION OF A SCIENTIST)SpasennikovBoris Aristarkhovichborisspasennikov@yandex.ru151220221-2708708042022Copyright © 2022,2022The article is devoted to the problems of the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted a number of public health problems. Leading world states were not ready to face this infection. The research is based on the interdisciplinary integration of medical, historical, psychological, legal and sociological knowledge. The reasons and conditions for the emergence of anti-scientific propaganda, which disorientated the population in the context of a pandemic, are described. The problems of higher medical education during a pandemic are formulated. It is proposed to introduce obligatory vaccination of the population. The difference between obligatory and compulsory vaccination has been formulated. Vaccination evaders should be subject to administrative liability. It has been shown that the introduction of QR codes is a measure of state compulsion to voluntary vaccination. The neurotropic nature of the virus SARS-CoV-2 creates uncertainty for the mental health of the nation. The question is raised about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the neuropsychic health of the population, on a decrease in cognitive potential with uncertain consequences. The main historical lessons of the pandemic have been identified. If humanity learns the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, it will emerge from the pandemic at a new intellectual and organizational-behavioral level, primarily in public health and healthcare.public healthpandemicvaccinationSARS-CoV-2COVID-19общественное здоровьепандемиявакцинация1.Спасенников Б.А. COVID-19: уроки вакцинации // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2021. № 3. С. 116-125.2.Жиброва Т.В. «Моровые поветрия»: борьба с эпидемиями в России во второй половине XVII века // Научно-медицинский вестник Центрального Черноземья. 2015. № 60. С. 113-117.3.Спасенников Б.А. Александра Васильевна Спасенникова - врач, организатор здравоохранения // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2021. № 1. С. 66-79.4.Спасенников Б.А. COVID-19 и нервно-психическое здоровье: некоторые социально-гигиенические аспекты // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2020. № 2. С. 54-59.5.Спасенников Б.А. Пандемия COVID-19: некоторые уроки // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2020. № 4. С. 52-57.