Some variants of concern might be also more resistant to immunity, which is why scientists are studying them in order to figure out how to fight the virus.
With regard to the variants of interest, these variants could have the potential to eventually become variants of concern. However, more evidence will be needed to see how big of an impact these variants could have if more people are infected.
Scientists have designated some variants as variants under monitoring. These variants could have some of the traits of variants of concern, but there is not yet enough evidence to show this, or they haven’t been fully studied yet.
There are also some de-escalated variants. This means that either people are no longer being infected by these variants, or they haven’t had any significant impact with regard to infection. The alpha variant of COVID-19 is included in the de-escalated variants. Though, just because these variants have been de-escalated, doesn’t mean that they won’t make you sick or cause severe symptoms.
Key Takeaways
COVID-19 variants do pose a threat to our health. Despite this, the safety protocols that experts have established early in the pandemic still hold true. Vaccines also play a big part in fighting COVID-19, as vaccines provide us with significant protection against COVID-19.
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