Omikron is the cousin of the Wuhan virus, which will “let us burn”
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According to the Italian virologist Ilaria Capua, the SARS-CoV-2 virus will stay with us for a long time. All because of the changes that have taken place in his genetic material. The researcher described Omikron in a vivid way, the appearance of which was so surprising because the strain “camouflaged” very well.

  1. According to the Italian virologist, Omikron is the “cousin” of the Wuhan virus, but it has changed so much that it escapes the reaction of the immune system
  2. The researcher found that the new variant hid so well from us that “face recognition algorithms did not recognize it as Alpha, Gamma or Delta did”
  3. The Italian woman also recommends looking at the appearance of SARS-CoV-2 in our lives as part of a longer nature cycle that can last even hundreds of years.
  4. More information can be found on the Onet homepage

The coronavirus will stay with us for many years

“Coronavirus is changing its face”, the fight against it will be a “long challenge” – says the famous Italian virologist Ilaria Capua. In the Corriere della Sera journal she wrote that the Omikron variant is the “cousin” of the original virus, which has changed a lot and therefore escapes the immune response.

In a text published on Saturday, Capua, working at the University of Florida stressed that “Too illusory” were the expectations that with the arrival of 2022 it would be possible to get out of the pandemic.

In her opinion, the coronavirus, also in the next variants that will appear, will accompany humans, but also various species of animals for many years. She pointed out that over 30 percent five wild deer in five US states are infected with this virus.

“Unfortunately, we are at the beginning of a macrocycle that could last hundreds of years,” says the Italian scientist. It is enough, she added, to look at the course of measles in the last 2 thousand. years after she switched from one species of cattle to humans.

The new variant also wore a mask?

Ilaria Capua noted that what is new for the Omikron variant is that it is starting to become a new SARS-CoV-2 serotype. This means, she explained, that it differs significantly from the original strain from Wuhan, China two years ago, and from its immediate successors, and may therefore partially escape an immune response.

The researcher described it figuratively: «it is as if during these two years, cousin Omikron grew his hair, beard, mustache and always wore sunglasses so that the camera in the mobile phone and the facial recognition algorithms would not recognize him like Alpha, Gamma or Delta ».

Omicron “will make us burn”

As Capua pointed out, Omikron “will burn us because of its high infectivity” – This virus is different, it has changed and that is why people vaccinated several times become infected with it – she added.

In conclusion, the virologist noted: “As was the case with other viruses – measles and HIV, we will have to coexist for a long time with SARS-CoV-2 and its countless descendants and how best to apply our knowledge and preventive measures; the latter, of course, constantly developing ».

From Rome Sylwia Wysocka (PAP)

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