The @PHE_uk report today paints a grim picture - TL;DR:-delta variant has almost replaced the beta variant in much of England- 50-60% more transmissible- ~2.5x higher risk of hospitalisations- Schools appear to be a key area of spread with many large no.s of clusters 🧵— Deepti Gurdasani (@dgurdasani1) June 3, 2021
Isnt a mutation to the spike protein going to heavily influence the infectiousness anyways? Like a differently coded protein is not going to be able to infect the same cells in the same way, meaning a spike protein mutation is likely to render the virus inert or a completely different vector of transmission?
I mean the Indian and South African Covid 19 variants are pretty different as far as immune response goes, that's why the SA variant doesn't work with certain vaccines.
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Yeah like other vaccines work so it's not an apocalyptic scenario or anything, but damn people are playing with fire here.
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Isnt a mutation to the spike protein going to heavily influence the infectiousness anyways? Like a differently coded protein is not going to be able to infect the same cells in the same way, meaning a spike protein mutation is likely to render the virus inert or a completely different vector of transmission?
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I mean the Indian and South African Covid 19 variants are pretty different as far as immune response goes, that's why the SA variant doesn't work with certain vaccines.