"closing international borders will not stop new mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus circulating in the UK population. It is a futile endeavour with no scientific basis." 1/n @hartgroup_org
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“We are seeing the same variants popping up all over the world and that is what you would expect.” @uksciencechief
If the variants are all over the world, there is no point in closing borders, PVR testing or quarantining upon entry of a country. 2/n
If the variants are all over the world, there is no point in closing borders, PVR testing or quarantining upon entry of a country. 2/n
"once a virus is established in a population, as is the case in the UK, it will mutate slowly over time, irrespective of
borders." @hartgroup_org 3/n
borders." @hartgroup_org 3/n
If I get COVID-19, am I immune to new variants?
"Natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is gained in the immune system by the body ‘cutting up’ the virus into hundreds of
pieces. Multiple pieces are used to develop a suitably diverse immune response to many parts of the virus." 4/n
"Natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is gained in the immune system by the body ‘cutting up’ the virus into hundreds of
pieces. Multiple pieces are used to develop a suitably diverse immune response to many parts of the virus." 4/n
"Specialised immune cells will launch an immune response if exposed to the same ‘learned’ viral fragment in the future. Prior immunity gained from the original SARS-CoV-2 should work perfectly well against any new ‘mutant variant’, given the 99.8% sequence similarity." 5/n
Should I be worried about the new variants?
"There has to date been no robust scientific evidence provided that any variant so far identified is more transmissible or deadly than the original." @hartgroup_org 6/n
"There has to date been no robust scientific evidence provided that any variant so far identified is more transmissible or deadly than the original." @hartgroup_org 6/n
Will the vaccine protect me from the new variants?
"It is highly unlikely that a variant with minor structural changes in the sequence will evade the acquired immune response [from the mRNA vaccines]." @hartgroup_org
7/n
"It is highly unlikely that a variant with minor structural changes in the sequence will evade the acquired immune response [from the mRNA vaccines]." @hartgroup_org
7/n
Is there pre-existing immunity to the COVID-19 virus?
"infection with one of the other seasonal human coronaviruses responsible for common colds
confers a cross-reactive T-cell immune
response to SARS-CoV-2 [C19 virus]" @hartgroup_org
In other words, yes. Relax.
8/n
"infection with one of the other seasonal human coronaviruses responsible for common colds
confers a cross-reactive T-cell immune
response to SARS-CoV-2 [C19 virus]" @hartgroup_org
In other words, yes. Relax.
8/n
"At least six studies have reported T cell reactivity
against SARS-CoV-2 in between 20% to 50% of people with no known exposure to the virus." @hartgroup_org
=>Up to 50% of the population is not susceptible to the C19 virus. Again, relax.
9/n
against SARS-CoV-2 in between 20% to 50% of people with no known exposure to the virus." @hartgroup_org
=>Up to 50% of the population is not susceptible to the C19 virus. Again, relax.
9/n
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