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How fight Covid-19 while the scientists wait for answers on Omicron (opinion)

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Tammy Waldman
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A lot of world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, responded quickly to the news by means of to announce a raft of travel restrictions on African countries, even though the variant has already been detected in place like Australia, Hong Kong and Israel. While Omicron hasn’t been yet found in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and infectious diseases, said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if so already made to be way in.

Bee best, travel restrictions may help slow the spread of the variant and buy us time. At worst, they can hinder global communication, transparency and sharing of data while discouraging countries of monitoring new variants. But while we wait to learn more over this viral variant there are resources at our disposal to protect ourselves should Omicron spread to the United States. We should all do our part, including vaccinating and testing for Covid-19 if recommended during medical treatment community studies the variant and evaluates of our vaccines hold up up against the.

There’s a lot we don’t do yet know over Omicron, here are three things die we do know:

The Omicron variant was first detected in An monster collected on November 9 and reported to who on Nov 24. All Covid-19-monsters collected in the province of Gauteng of South Africa between 12 and 20 November were determined to be the Omicron variant, suggesting it had already become the dominant species in Which region. The variant has been detected in a number of other nations and continents, but because of great variation in viral sequencing surveillance efforts, undetected Omicron outbreaks can: already to exist in Additionally locations.

Omicron has a lot of mutations

The genome of the virus has about 50 mutations, with about 30 of them found in the spike protein — the structure die the virus uses to in the cells to come die they attack. (This spike protein is also the base of most mRNA vaccines, die to give instructions for our immune system to recognize and attack this part of the virus.)
The World Health Organization has reported that “preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this variant, in comparison met other (variants of concern).” Preparation for the worst have vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech already announced they could manufacture An new Omicron-specific vaccine in 100 days if required, under the condition regulatory approval.

The severity and contagiousness are not currently well understood

Mutations can affect both severity (virulence) and infectiousness (transmissibility) of a virus, capable of display them either more of less dangerous for the public. early sightings in South Africa introduce Omicron can spread more easier than Delta, although such early estimates are notoriously unreliable.
South African doctor Angelique Coetzee has reported that she has observed about two dozen Omicron patients to date, mainly young men, as regards half of die were not vaccinated, present with relatively milder symptoms such as severe fatigue. While this may be encouraging, this is a small sampling of all cases, and South Africa has a population Which crooked a lot of younger than the United States and many other countries, reducing the opportunity to assess effects of Omicron on older, higher-risk individuals.

In general, there has not been enough time for any understanding of the lethality of Omicron to be determined. Get a better understanding of how Omicron’s behavior lasts for months of observations of additional courses.

There are now systems in place at the national and international levels die help identify and characterize new variants. In the United States, the SARS-CoV-2 Interagency Group (SIG), jointly established by a number of American health and defense authorities, focus on monitoring emerging variants and their potential impact on critical SARS-CoV-2 countermeasures, including vaccines, therapies and diagnostics.
Likewise, the World Health Organization also helps Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Variants on An international scale and work with multiple partners, national institutions and expert networks in monitoring and assessing variants die an elevated risk until global public Health.

but if of now, the limited amount we know over Omicron leaves a lot behind of Room for to ask. Will it work? out like mu of take over like Delta?

While we wait for answer, we need to remain vigilant. For everyone of us, this means being vaccinated and, if before that in eligible, get the booster dose, wearing be a mask and mindful of the activities die we do business in. When we get sick of being exposed to someone who is sick, is being tested and in quarantine goes when we test is positive critical.

Vaccinating now is now more more important than ever. Even if Omicron continues to spread, Delta will be the dominant species of virus causing Covid-19 on the way to winter, according to to Fauci. Vaccination protects against Delta, and can protect against Omicron too.

At the public health level, we must continue to use all strategies to box in the virus: vaccination, testing, sequencing, surveillance, contact tracing and supply support services to those who need in quarantine of isolate. We must continue to develop in the medical field newer generations of vaccines die can be scaled easily up to address any variant-specific threats.

The Omicron variant is another reminder of the risk we all face when vaccination levels are low during the world. Allowing the virus to spread unchecked gives it more possibilities to mutate without the blanket of protection vaccines offer at the community level. Vaccination rates lagging behind everywhere are a threat everywhere.

We can not afford it face another Deltalike enemy. The toll is also great — emotional, physical, economic and financially.

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