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Vietnam Finds New ‘Hybrid’ Covid 19 Coronavirus Variant What This Really

Just keep mutating. Just keep mutating. That’s what the Covid-19 coronavirus is gonna do. And over time that’s gonna keep resulting in more and more versions of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), otherwise known as variants. Case in point, the country of Vietnam appears to have found yet another Covid-19 coronavirus variant. Writing for The Guardian, Agence France-Presse quoted Nguyen Thanh Long, Vietnam’s Health Minister, as saying, “We have discovered a new hybrid variant from the Indian and the UK strains.”The word “hybrid” may conjure up images of the B.1.1.7 variant (first found in the U. K.) and the B.1.617.2 variant (first found in India) finding each other on Tinder, swiping right with their spike proteins, and then meeting up in a seedy motel. There they may put on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” while spiking their protein so to speak, resulting in little love child viruses, right? Uh, not exactly. Instead, as Thu Anh reported for the VNExpress International, this new SARS-CoV2 variant has a change, a Y144 deletion on its spike protein, that’s similar to what’s been found with the B.1.1.7 and B.1.617.2 variants. Both the B.1.1.7 and B.1.617.2 variants seem to be more transmissible than the original version of the virus that first led to the pandemic. Therefore, it’s not surprising that this new variant is probably more transmissible as well.“The characteristic of this strain is that it spreads quickly in the air,” the Health Minister was reported as saying. “The concentration of virus in the throat fluid increases rapidly and spreads very strongly to the surrounding environment.”Spreads quickly in the air? Holy, Batman, that sounds like, well, ummm, just like the every other version of the Covid-19 coronavirus that we’ve seen since early 2020. So this new variant may not be that radically different from what’s currently circulating. It’s not as if this new variant can now post on Instagram, do cartwheels, and carry double-barreled shotguns. Therefore, there is no need to panic. Panic is never the answer, unless the question is, “what should you never do?”This news is actually not surprising at all. The SARS-CoV2 has a high mutation rate. This means that the Covid-19 coronavirus is like a person eating a hot dog and Nutella while operating a photocopying machine. Whenever the virus makes copies of itself, it can often make mistakes. This can leave resulting viruses with slightly different genetic material or mutations. While many of these mutations may not change the virus significantly and others may actually make the virus weaker, some may give the virus a “fitness advantage.” A fitness advantage is when the resulting virus is stronger or can spread more efficiently than other versions. This then allowed the new variant to spread faster and further and soon overtake the other versions. Mutations are why new variants of Covid-19 coronavirus will continue to emerge over time. All data is taken from the source: http://forbes.com Article Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee... #variant #newsreporter #newsworld #bbcnewsworld #newstodaymsnbc #newsworldabc #