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The news of a new strain of theCOVID-19 [Feminine The virus, probably significantly more communicable than the first, has sparked fear around the world. The last variant, nicknamed VUI-202012/01 (the first variant under investigation in December 2020), was detected for the first time in the United Kingdom and spread rapidly since September.Although the experts are convinced, it equals 70% more communicable than the first variant, is it the most mortal?

During an interview withCBS NewsWednesday,Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top expert on infectious diseases of the nation and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have been put in play and to ensure your health and health of others, do not lack theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.

The mutation is more transmissible

Fauci started by explaining how mutations work. "This virus is an RNA virus," he said. "RNA viruses mutied all the time - plus infection and more you have replication, the more likely the probability is that you are going to get mutations."

He then pointed out that the variant identified in the United Kingdom is a "dominant viral strain that expresses a mutation, which could be caused in the direction of making it more transmitted. No one hundred percent sure of that again, But let yourself be conservative about it, suppose that this variant is actually more transmissible. "

It does not seem to be more deadly

He then answered the question of whether it is more mortal or leads to a more serious illness."There does not seem to be an indication that this is the case," he revealed. "We have to take it seriously" and do more studies, he said.

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How will this have an impact on the vaccine?

With regard to how this mutation will respond to new vaccines, Dr. Faisci is not too concerned, stressing that most mutations have "no relevant functional impact, they occur and are not relevant."

However, "from time to time, you will get a mutation that has a significant impact that you are going to have to respond to the modification of the vaccine, which we need to do frequently with the flu. As almost every year, you have to make a modification" , he said.

To his knowledge, this is not the case with this last mutation. "We will follow him carefully, but so far does not bother the way the flu does," he said. "So I do not predict that we're going to have a new vaccine every year. I think it would be a little stretching to make this hypothesis."

The good news is that, despite the fact that "we are only one year in this need to be very careful", even if the mutation requires a modification of vaccination, it should not be a problem. "If we have to make adjustments, I think we can make these adjustments," he said.

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How to survive this pandemic

As for yourself, follow the fundamentals of Fauci and help put an end to this thrust, no matter where you live-wear a facial mask, the social distance, avoiding big crowds, do not go inside with people you do not go with (especially in the bars), practice good hygiene of the hand, vaccinate yourself when it is Available for you and protect your life and life of your life. others, do not visit any of these 35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.