Covid-19 variant: too much unnecessary alarmism. Vaccines are not at risk and physiological mutations are present.

No need to panicAnd no need to put a damper on the fear of those who already experience, on a daily basis, the anguish of the bulletins on those infected, hospitalized, and dead from the coronavirus. new variant of Covid-19, born in Great Britain, According to the vast majority of experts, it does not present characteristics that could arouse concerns about the effectiveness of vaccinesNor is there a single scientific proof demonstrating an increased dangerousness of the virus in this new version. Therefore, panicking is simply a waste of our health and our psychological well-being. But let's take a closer look at the key points about the new variant and how it could impact the battle against the coronavirus.

The silence of London. Like the Chinese in December 2019, the British in 2020 made an unforgivable mistake in front of the entire international community: they did not communicate the new strain of Sars-CoV-2 called variant under investigationThe UK health authorities were already aware of it last September, and since then the new strain has become predominant in entire areas of the country, such as London (in November, 28 percent of cases were from this variant) and Kent. But why the silence of the British? How do they justify it?

Safe vaccine. There is no evidence, not even a trace, of a diminished vaccine response to the English variant, which is now circulating in other countries, including Italy. A definitive answer requires molecular surveillance and laboratory testing. Meanwhile, the mass vaccination program must proceed as planned to reach the target of 70-75 percent of the population, which would effectively represent herd immunity.

The possibility of change. The more people become infected, the more copies of the virus are generated, and therefore the higher the probability of mutation. This is what is happening. Therefore, mutations are inevitable and should not be a cause for concern. The important thing is that the virus doesn't mutate too frequently, as in the case of HIV, and that the regions against which a vaccine induces antibodies aren't affected.

Why are flights from Great Britain being stopped? Given this crucial reassurance, how do you explain the decision to block flights from Great Britain? Justifiable precaution. From initial observations, but even here we are still at a very preliminary stage, it would appear that the new variant of Covid-19 has increased replication efficiency compared to previous variants. In practice, it is capable of spreading more rapidly. This does not mean it causes more deaths.

The variants already active. In Italy alone, 13 variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been identified so far, and this hasn't affected the lethality or contagiousness of the virus, nor has it increased overall health risks. Add to this the fact that the vaccine will still work and won't suffer any setbacks, and it's clear that the alarmism surrounding the English variant is currently completely unjustified.

What remains. As we said, the ability to infect remains. Every time a virus replicates, it mutates. And the most significant changes occur in the Spike protein, which the coronavirus uses to enter our cells. If the number or density of spikes increases, then its ability to infect increases.

Very slow mutations. In any case, these are very slow changes, as the mutations involve a much larger genome than that of influenza. This, too, should be reassuring.