At the end of 2020, the incidence of covid jumped sharply in Britain, and a new variant of the virus was isolated in patients. Journalists instantly called him British.
It turned out that the British virus is slightly different in the structure of its "fungi", which it grabs onto our cells, and therefore it is about 50 - 75% more sticky.
If earlier the virus attacked about every tenth of those in contact with patients, then the British version has already infected 15 out of 100.
Some scientists believe that the British virus does not adhere more strongly, but rather more effectively breaks into our cells.
It was rumored that the British variant caused a more severe course of covid, but this has not yet been proven. So it's too early to be hysterical.
In any case, the main feature of the British virus is contagiousness, so it is important to stay away from each other and wear masks. If you are lucky, they will have time to vaccinate more people, and the new virus will not do much harm.
It seems that the vaccine is still working on this Briton.
Scientists took serum from those vaccinated with the RNA vaccine and poured this compote from the antibodies of the British virus with this compote. It turned out that the serum of the vaccinated normally neutralizes the new virus.
If there are any problems, it will not be with the vaccine, but with the tests. The vaccine normally produces many different antibodies, but the diagnostic tests that are done to detect the virus in the smears can be false. These tests are too narrow-minded.
So there is a small chance that the tests will give false negative results if a person is infected with such a British virus.
They took it straight from the tongue. Every day I repeat many times that people stop examining themselves in laboratories, but just get vaccinated and wear masks. The meaning of all these laboratory tests is constantly changing. You can't keep up with them. Better insure yourself with a vaccine and physical methods.
