There have been a number of articles showing a mutated strain escaping the ordinary neutralizing antibodies. This article in a preprint server is such an example.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.18.427166v1
It is no wonder such a strain could be brought up since a strain of SARS CoV2 could undergo mutations for 20 times in a year.
This finding warns us to urge the present vaccination program.
It is also found that the original strain could survive in asymptomatic carriers while the mutants are alive for a limited time. That is why there are surges of infection in certain interval. We should disclose the asymptomatic cases in the society and keep them isolated from the other people.
Unfortunately, our government has implemented the policies oriented the opposite way. They won't try to pursue the asymptomatic cases in the society but would let them go on their routine lives. They have been unwilling to perform PCR tests as they are required. They have been concerned only with the cluster analysis which won't work in the time of community acquired infection. They have recently decided to impose pretty severe punishments to those who denied to be hospitalized. It will make those infected, who could not accommodate themselves into isolate facilities or hospitals, hidden in the society. Such infected people would further aggravate the outbreak.
Our country is going along the worst scenario so far. People are being irritated but have no idea to do so far. The government and the professionals in the advisory councils lack of ability to deal with the problem. Researchers in virology, gene sequence science, epidemiology and interdisciplinary studies are required. I hope the vaccine could work as a gamechanger but, with such a finding cited above, it might not come true.
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