Like I said a few days ago, he’s moved on from trying to scaremongering about the AZ vaccine and he’s now moved onto scaremongering about opening up again and a massive rise in infections.
If / when this doesn’t happen, he’ll move onto something else, most likely “ killer variants “.
Rinse and repeat.
Of course mutations will thrive in environments were the rates of infection are far higher. There are many, many mutations and the number does keep increasing.
It's best to keep a sense of proportion and perspective though. The only mutations that are in any way concerning are those that show a change of structure to one of the proteins that stick out from the surface of the Covid virus. The vast majority of mutations, 99% show absolutely no significant change to this protein, in all the months, and now well over a year, that the virus has been rampant at huge levels within communities there have been precisely two mutations which have given real concern and three if you include the Kent one too. (The Kent one spreads more quickly but doesn't give more severe levels of illness and can still be vaccinated against to prevent serious symptoms)
My post explained about the surface 'spike' protein - the one the current vaccines rely on to be virtually unchanged (in shape or structure) for them to be effective.
So three in what 14 to 15 months.
We will have a booster vaccination ready for next Autumn which will add the new mutations and a super vaccination using a different methodology of attacking the core virus protein by early next year.
With the summer, warmer weather on the way and levels reducing all the time, the most likely scenario isn't Armageddon or humans being wiped out. That's just sensationalist nonsense and blatant scaremongering.. Of course the battle isn't won and rates across parts of continental Europe do give cause for concern. Only the misguided, obstinate and electioneering Macron is preventing a third but very necessary lockdown in France, repeating the mistakes Britain made and on which he was so publicly critical, but his re-election will take precedence over everything.
Vaccines are the way forward and high take up the only way to stop this virus, the super vaccine holds out promise of it being all but eradicated but until then updated booster shots against the newest virulent strains is the way.
So you've got the hospital in Mlada Boleslav on the verge of collapse and the sod off great Skoda plant there still operating as normal. What could possibly go wrong?
