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“It should be noted up front that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which spread from China last year, has already mutated many times. Viruses mutate especially quickly because they just need to survive. Then their more adapted forms start to dominate. Therefore, we in Lithuania also have an angry bull, not a Chinese dragon, but a Spanish bull, “wrote the professor and continued:
“It just came to our knowledge then gentleman from England, who seems to have forgotten his good manners. As it is said, “the horns have grown”. Because it is this mutation that has occurred in the region of the viral genome that encodes the “needle” protein. Have you probably thrown those phones to all the virus? This is precisely because an area of that needle (N501Y to be precise) has changed, and this ‘swelling’ allows the virus to more easily bind to the ACE2 receptor on human cell membranes. In other words, it is easier to get infected. This seemingly unpleasant feature of their growth also seems to be confirmed by science.
The British Imperial College calculated that this mutation could add +0.4 or +0.7 to the already known R value. And that is too much already. Even a lot! The world of science is talking louder and louder that this could be the start of another even bigger pandemic.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Mindaugas Stankūnas
What can we do? Rumor has it that flights between the UK and Lithuania should be banned. Hmmm … if I was sure it would work, I’d scream down my throat. We will forbid you to let you enter Vilnius or Kaunas, it will allow you to enter Riga or anywhere else and reach us in all other ways. And where are all the microwaves, shuttles, etc.? The negative PCR test result now requested prior to shipment is a solution, but its effectiveness is quite limited.
The results of a very comprehensive study have just been published … in New Zealand. A study was conducted in September. last flight Dubai – Auckland. All passengers on the plane had negative PCR tests, but after landing in New Zealand, up to 7 positive cases out of 86 passengers were detected on the plane (about a quarter of the seats were occupied). After extensive investigations, it was found that passengers A and B were the primary sources (index cases) from which the other four (C, D, E, F) became infected. Another (passenger G) would likely become infected during isolation. As you can see in the attached image, they were sitting next to each other but wearing masks and gloves. (view photo).
Minor damage to insulation must be subject to particularly strict measures.
I think this article illustrates that despite the negative tests, masks and gloves, the risk of getting infected on a plane remains and it is possible to bring “such” memories to Lithuania. Well, to be fair, it is worth mentioning that this flight lasted 6pm. Will the same thing happen for 2-3 hours? for the flight, I couldn’t answer at this point.
In my opinion, it is now very important for us to ensure a particularly strict isolation of arrivals. And it must be controlled very carefully, and the slightest damage to the insulation should be subject to particularly strict measures. As far as I know, the Government is working very hard on this issue, ”wrote prof. M.Stankūnas.
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